"rum go" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɹʌm.ˌɡəʊ/ [UK] Audio: En-au-rum go.ogg [Australia] Forms: rum gos [plural]
Etymology: UK dialectal (chiefly Cockney); rum (“strange, peculiar”) + go (“incident, occurrence”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|rum||strange, peculiar}} rum (“strange, peculiar”), {{m|en|go||incident, occurrence}} go (“incident, occurrence”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} rum go (plural rum gos)
  1. (Cockney slang, dated) A peculiar, surprising, and/or confusing event, thing, etc. Tags: Cockney, dated, slang Synonyms: rum one, rum start, rum 'un, rum goo Translations (surprising event, confusing experience): furcsa dolog (Hungarian), fura dolog (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-rum_go-en-noun-ujNWahW8 Categories (other): Cockney English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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