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| rum·mage [ rúmmij ] |
verb (past and past participle rum·maged, present participle rum·mag·ing, 3rd person present singular rum·mag·es) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb search through things: to make a rapid search for or through something by carelessly moving and disarranging things
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2. transitive verb find something: to find something by searching
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noun |
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1. thorough search: a thorough search for or through something
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2. U.S. secondhand articles: articles sold at a rummage sale
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3. group of things: a miscellaneous collection of items
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| [15th century. < Old French arrumage "arrangement of cargo in a ship" < run "ship's hold" < Dutch ruim "space"] |
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  rum·mag·er noun |
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