Rum-ville

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From rum (“good, fine, excellent”) +‎ -ville (“town, city”).

Proper noun

Rum-ville

  1. (archaic, British, thieves' cant) London, England.
    • 1861, Lady Esther Hope, The Blue Dwarf, page 21:
      "And said if we'd meet him at the boozing-ken with the dell and kinchin co, he'd carry them off to Rum-ville," continued the first speaker.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Rum-ville.

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