by zacharyH September 14, 2017

by J. M June 25, 2020

a drunk, someone who drinks too much (but not necessarily a terrible person). Frequently used by Ernest Hemingway in his novels, Hemingway was a “rummy” himself to an extent, however Hemingway tried to wait until the afternoon until he started drinking, as he felt drinking interrupted his writing.
“It would be pretty easy to be a rummy, wouldn’t it Eddy?”
“You’d never make a rummy. You like to work too well.”
- Islands in the Stream
“You’d never make a rummy. You like to work too well.”
- Islands in the Stream
by jazzagefan May 4, 2023
