"rum go" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "UK dialectal (chiefly Cockney); rum (“strange, peculiar”) + go (“incident, occurrence”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "rum gos",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, chapter XXXV, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC:",
          "text": "‘Here’s rayther a rum go, sir,’ replied Sam. / ‘What?’ inquired Mr. Pickwick. / ‘This here, Sir,’ rejoined Sam. ‘I’m wery much afeerd, sir, that the properiator o' this here coach is a playin' some imperence vith us.’",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, “I Go to Bristol”, in Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC, part II (The Sea Cook), page 55:",
          "text": "“Well, who's a better right?” growled the gamekeeper. “A pretty rum go if squire ain't to talk for Dr. Livesey, I should think.”",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1955, C[live] S[taples] Lewis, The Magician’s Nephew, London: The Bodley Head, →OCLC:",
          "text": "There they are, Strawberry—Fledge, I should say. This is a rum go.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1964, William Crozier Walsh et al., Mary Poppins:",
          "text": "Bert: Life's a rum go, Guv'nor, and that's the truth.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1991, Stephen Fry, chapter III, in The Liar, London: William Heinemann, →ISBN, page 26:",
          "text": "Adrian thought it worth while to try out his new slang. ‘I say, you fellows, here's a rum go. Old Biffo was jolly odd this morning. He gave me a lot of pi-jaw about slacking and then invited me to tea. No rotting! He did really.’",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A peculiar, surprising, and/or confusing event, thing, etc."
      ],
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          "peculiar",
          "peculiar"
        ],
        [
          "surprising",
          "surprising"
        ],
        [
          "confusing",
          "confusing"
        ],
        [
          "event",
          "event"
        ],
        [
          "thing",
          "thing"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Cockney slang, dated) A peculiar, surprising, and/or confusing event, thing, etc."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "rum one"
        },
        {
          "word": "rum start"
        },
        {
          "word": "rum 'un"
        },
        {
          "word": "rum goo"
        }
      ],
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        "Cockney",
        "dated",
        "slang"
      ],
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        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "surprising event, confusing experience",
          "word": "furcsa dolog"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "surprising event, confusing experience",
          "word": "fura dolog"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈɹʌm ˌɡəʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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  "word": "rum go"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "UK dialectal (chiefly Cockney); rum (“strange, peculiar”) + go (“incident, occurrence”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "rum gos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "English countable nouns",
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        "English terms with quotations",
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          "ref": "1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, chapter XXXV, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC:",
          "text": "‘Here’s rayther a rum go, sir,’ replied Sam. / ‘What?’ inquired Mr. Pickwick. / ‘This here, Sir,’ rejoined Sam. ‘I’m wery much afeerd, sir, that the properiator o' this here coach is a playin' some imperence vith us.’",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, “I Go to Bristol”, in Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC, part II (The Sea Cook), page 55:",
          "text": "“Well, who's a better right?” growled the gamekeeper. “A pretty rum go if squire ain't to talk for Dr. Livesey, I should think.”",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1955, C[live] S[taples] Lewis, The Magician’s Nephew, London: The Bodley Head, →OCLC:",
          "text": "There they are, Strawberry—Fledge, I should say. This is a rum go.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1964, William Crozier Walsh et al., Mary Poppins:",
          "text": "Bert: Life's a rum go, Guv'nor, and that's the truth.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1991, Stephen Fry, chapter III, in The Liar, London: William Heinemann, →ISBN, page 26:",
          "text": "Adrian thought it worth while to try out his new slang. ‘I say, you fellows, here's a rum go. Old Biffo was jolly odd this morning. He gave me a lot of pi-jaw about slacking and then invited me to tea. No rotting! He did really.’",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A peculiar, surprising, and/or confusing event, thing, etc."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "peculiar",
          "peculiar"
        ],
        [
          "surprising",
          "surprising"
        ],
        [
          "confusing",
          "confusing"
        ],
        [
          "event",
          "event"
        ],
        [
          "thing",
          "thing"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Cockney slang, dated) A peculiar, surprising, and/or confusing event, thing, etc."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "rum one"
        },
        {
          "word": "rum start"
        },
        {
          "word": "rum 'un"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cockney",
        "dated",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "rum goo"
    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "surprising event, confusing experience",
      "word": "furcsa dolog"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "surprising event, confusing experience",
      "word": "fura dolog"
    }
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  "word": "rum go"
}