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Word: Rummage
Speech Type: Verb
late 15th century: from Old French arrumage, from arrumer ‘stow (in a hold)’, from Middle Dutch ruim ‘room’. In early use the word referred to the arranging of items such as casks in the hold of a ship, giving rise (early 17th century) to the verb sense ‘make a search of (a vessel’)
ˈrʌmɪdʒ
search unsystematically and untidily through something
Short Definition:search unsystematically and untidily through something
Examples:- he rummaged in his pocket for a handkerchief
- he rummaged the drawer for his false teeth
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