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rum go

noun
/ˈɹʌm ˌɡəʊ/UK

Etymology

UK dialectal (chiefly Cockney); rum (“strange, peculiar”) + go (“incident, occurrence”).

Definitions

  1. A peculiar, surprising, and/or confusing event, thing, etc.

    • ‘Here’s rayther a rum go, sir,’ replied Sam. / ‘What?’ inquired Mr. Pickwick. / ‘This here, Sir,’ rejoined Sam. ‘I’m wery much afeerd, sir, that the properiator o' this here coach is a playin' some imperence vith us.’
    • “Well, who's a better right?” growled the gamekeeper. “A pretty rum go if squire ain't to talk for Dr. Livesey, I should think.”
    • There they are, Strawberry—Fledge, I should say. This is a rum go.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA