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rammies noun [ ˈramɪz ]

• trousers.
Origin: early 20th century: perhaps related to ramie, or representing a reduced form of round me (or the) houses, rhyming slang for trousers .

rammy noun

• a quarrel or brawl.
• "they started a rammy at the taxi rank"
Origin: 1930s: perhaps from Scots rammle ‘row, uproar’, variant of ramble.


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