Rum-ville
English
Alternative forms
- Rom-vile, Rome-vile, Rome-ville, Romeville, Rome-vyle, Rome vyle, Rum File, Rum-vile, Rum ville, Rum-vill, Rumville
Etymology
rum (“good, fine, excellent”) + -ville (“town, city”)
Proper noun
- (obsolete, British, thieves' cant) London
- 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.
References
- [Francis Grose] (1788) “Romeville”, in A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 2nd edition, London: […] S. Hooper, […], →OCLC.
- Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890) “Rum-ville”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant […], volumes II (L–Z), Edinburgh: […] The Ballantyne Press, →OCLC, page 185.
- John S[tephen] Farmer; W[illiam] E[rnest] Henley, compilers (1890–1904) “Rum-ville”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume Expression error: Unexpected < operator., [London: […] Harrison and Sons] […], →OCLC, Lua error: Illegal Roman numeral formatfarmuoft/page/48/mode/1up page 48.