▪ I. rammy, a. Now chiefly north. dial.
(ˈræmɪ)
[f. ram n.1 + -y.]
Characteristic of, resembling (that of) a ram; esp. = rammish a.1 1.
| 1607 Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 482 That Rammy humour and rank moistness which is found in the Male⁓sheep. 1621 Burton Anat. Mel. ii. ii. i. i, That rammy mutton, which is in Turkey and Asia Minor. 1652 Brome City Wit iv. ii, Thou rammy nastinesse. 1882– in dial. glossaries (Yks., Lanc., Chesh.). 1884 J. G. Bourke Snake Dance Moquis xxvii. 295 Herds of goats skipped nervously past us, the leader giving his rammy bleat of warning. |
▪ II. rammy, n. Sc. slang.
(ˈræmɪ)
[? f. Sc. rammle row, uproar, var. ramble n.1: see S.N.D. s.v. rammle.]
A brawl, a fight (esp. between gangs); a quarrel.
| 1935 McArthur & Long No Mean City iv. 45 Evidence about a ‘rammy’ is always conflicting, never reliable and frequently perjured. 1938 Evening Standard (Glasgow) 1 Apr. 17 Gallaher had the body, he was Irish, he laid out two slops in the last rammy. 1944 Scots Mag. Oct. 46 Not so long ago, in a dance hall rammy, a fella had laid hands on Hardy. 1967 ‘H. Calvin’ DNA Business iv. 49, I enjoy a good rammy... I think I must have an adrenalin hunger. 1973 J. Wood North Beat vi. 82 He'd had a rammy with his missus. 1977 Time Out 28 Jan.–3 Feb. 10/3 Still, the Villiers at Charing Cross plans a rammy where the only authentic ingredients missing will be the blood and hair on the walls. |