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Quotation dates: 1661
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Rumpkine, n. [e.m.E. romekin some kind of drinking-vessel (a1636), rumken (1656), ‘appar. of LG origin’ (OED). Cf. e.m.E. rummer a kind of large drinking-glass, WFlem. rummer, Du. romer.] —1661 The Work Goes Bonnely On 8 (see Rudegelt n.).