Drabble - Rummy
rum·my 1 n. A card game.
rum·my 2 n. Slang. A drunkard.
rum·my 3 adj. Chiefly British. Odd, strange, or dangerous; rum.
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“Ha! Beat you…again!”
“You don’t have to crow, Jack. It’s not like you beat me every game.”
“William! I beg to differ. I’ve beaten you twenty games straight. Admit it.”
“Twenty games of Rummy. It’s just a card game.”
“With an excellent name, I might point out.”
“If there’s to be a Rummy king, it might as well be you.”
“Ta.”
“Now Poker, that’s another story.”
“All evidence to the contrary, love. If memory serves, I beat the pants off you last time.”
“We were playing strip poker.”
“I still beat you.”
“I let you win.”
“Prove it.”
“Fine. Deal.”
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rum·my 2 n. Slang. A drunkard.
rum·my 3 adj. Chiefly British. Odd, strange, or dangerous; rum.
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“Ha! Beat you…again!”
“You don’t have to crow, Jack. It’s not like you beat me every game.”
“William! I beg to differ. I’ve beaten you twenty games straight. Admit it.”
“Twenty games of Rummy. It’s just a card game.”
“With an excellent name, I might point out.”
“If there’s to be a Rummy king, it might as well be you.”
“Ta.”
“Now Poker, that’s another story.”
“All evidence to the contrary, love. If memory serves, I beat the pants off you last time.”
“We were playing strip poker.”
“I still beat you.”
“I let you win.”
“Prove it.”
“Fine. Deal.”
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