gin rummy
noun
: a rummy game for two players in which each player is dealt 10 cards and in which a player may win a hand by matching all the cards in it or may end play when the unmatched cards count up to 10 points or less
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On a call with their sister Kourtney, the Poosh founder, 45, says that maybe the trip idea was her mistake and tells them to play gin rummy.
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Kayla Grant, People.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Mom and Dad weren’t very present and I was taught gin rummy by a nanny.
—Remy Blumenfeld, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 May 2024
The object of the game, reminiscent of gin rummy, involves drawing tiles or taking discards to form sets: chi, a sequence of three tiles from one suit; pong, a trio of identical tiles; and kong, an elevated pong, all four of any tile.
—Rudy Lee, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2023
Ostrum loved playing gin rummy.
—Tom Orsborn, ExpressNews.com, 25 Aug. 2020
The game is oft compared to gin rummy, a card game which similarly relies on both luck and skill.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2022
Jacobs' other current responsibilities include serving on the boards of Promote the Vote and the Jewish Fund, coaching young women running for office, and hosting an occasional gang of friends for a gin rummy/mahjong hybrid called Rummikub.
—Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 12 Aug. 2022
Her sister, Wanda Adcock, said the siblings entertained themselves with board games and gin rummy.
—al, 26 Apr. 2022
Sitting with his wife, Mimi, playing gin rummy at a table outside Gate H, Strickland said rheumatic fever kept him away from ballparks as a child.
—John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2022
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Kayla Grant, People.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Mom and Dad weren’t very present and I was taught gin rummy by a nanny.
—Remy Blumenfeld, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 May 2024
The object of the game, reminiscent of gin rummy, involves drawing tiles or taking discards to form sets: chi, a sequence of three tiles from one suit; pong, a trio of identical tiles; and kong, an elevated pong, all four of any tile.
—Rudy Lee, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2023
Ostrum loved playing gin rummy.
—Tom Orsborn, ExpressNews.com, 25 Aug. 2020
The game is oft compared to gin rummy, a card game which similarly relies on both luck and skill.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2022
Jacobs' other current responsibilities include serving on the boards of Promote the Vote and the Jewish Fund, coaching young women running for office, and hosting an occasional gang of friends for a gin rummy/mahjong hybrid called Rummikub.
—Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 12 Aug. 2022
Her sister, Wanda Adcock, said the siblings entertained themselves with board games and gin rummy.
—al, 26 Apr. 2022
Sitting with his wife, Mimi, playing gin rummy at a table outside Gate H, Strickland said rheumatic fever kept him away from ballparks as a child.
—John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2022
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“Gin rummy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gin%20rummy. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.
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