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 1830. Buckstone, Wreck Ashore, i. 2. There never shall be no disgraceful rumpusses, now I'm come into power.

1850. Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin, xxiv. And Marie routed up Mammy nights, and rumpussed and scolded.

1876. Eliot, Daniel Deronda, xii. She is a young lady with a will of her own, I fancy. Extremely well-fitted to make a rumpus.

Rum-slim (or Rum-slum), subs. phr. (old).—Punch.

1789. Geo. Parker, Life's Painter, 162. Bobstick of rum slim. That is, a shilling's worth of punch.

1821. Egan, Life in London, I. 131. He was up to the rum-slum.

Rum-sucker, subs. phr. (American).—A toper; lushington (q.v.).

1858. New York Tribune, 9 July An acquired appetite as strong as that of a rum-sucker.

Rum Tom Pat, subs. phr. (old).—A clergyman.

1781. Parker, Variegated Characters. "What, are Moll and you adamed?" "Yes, we are, and by a rum Tom Pat too."

Rumtitum, adj. (old).—'On prime twig, in fine order or condition: a flash term for a game bull' (Grose).

Rum-un. See Rum.

Run, subs. and verb. phrs. (colloquial).—Generic for freedom or continuance. Thus (subs. phrs.), run (of dice, cards, or luck) = a spell or period of good or bad fortune; run (of a play, book, fashion, &c.) = the course of representation, sale, popularity; the run of things = the state of affairs; the run of a place = freedom of range; the run of one's teeth (or knife and fork) = victuals for nothing; a run on a bank = a steady call, through panic, on its resources; cattle-run = a farm where cattle roam at will; a run to town (or into the country) = a trip; to have (or lose) the run = to lose sight of; to get (or have) the run on = (1) to turn a joke on, and (2) to have the upper hand; to have a run = (1) to take a walk, a constitutional (q.v.); (2) to get an opportunity: see P.P.; and (3) to make a fight for anything; to run = to manage; to run a bluff = to carry things with a high hand; to run a buck (see Buck); to run for office (parliament, congress, &c.) = to start as a candidate; to run a rig = to play a trick; to run a chance (or risk) = to take the odds; to run a tilt at = to attack; to run the cutter = to smuggle; to run an eye over = (1) to glance at; to run the gauntlet (see Gauntlet); to run across = to meet casually; to run after = to court; to run against = (1) to come in collision with, (2) to calumniate, (3) to attack, and (4) to meet casually; to run amuck (see Amuck); to run away with = (1) to elope, (2) to steal; to run away with a notion = to be over credulous; to run big = to be out of training; to run counter = to oppose; to run down = to pursue, depreciate, attack; to run dry = to give out; to run foul of = to attack or antagonise; to run hard = (1) to threaten, endanger, make difficult, and (2) to equal or almost achieve; to run high