rummies

Updated: June 4, 2025

The Countess promptly had hysterics, and then fainted in the arms of her gaping brother-in-law, Lord Launcelot, while everybody else, except Holmes, myself, and the Earl, grew red and white by turns; and Uncle Tooter, in attempting to arise suddenly, fell out of his chair and tumbled on the floor in a very undignified manner. "Holy smoke! Don't let him get away like that, you pack of rummies!

James Francis Thierry - The Adventures of the Eleven Cuff-Buttons: Being one of the exciting episodes in the career of the: famous detective Hemlock Holmes, as recorded by his friend: Dr. Watson

For the very sake of antiquarian accuracy, for the instruction of posterity, some exact record must be kept of the influence of alcohol upon the human soul. How can this be preserved? Not in books, not in the dead mummies of a museum. No, not in dead mummies, indeed, but in living rummies. That brings me to my great idea, which I have long cherished.

Bart Haley - In the Sweet Dry and Dry