gin rummy

Definition

A card-holding game and variant of rummy.

Example Sentences

• "What is your latest foible? / Is gin rummy more exquisite? / Is skiing more enjoyable?"
• "That's what I was thinking, but then I remembered he'd never been to sea, that I'd only started calling him The Captain because he wore a captain's hat during a game of gin rummy at his grandmother's apartment one time while she was out of town."