Rom-vile

English

Proper noun

Rom-vile

  1. Alternative spelling of Rum-ville.
    • 1611, Thomas Middleton, The Roaring Girle‎[1]:
      A gage of ben Rom-bouse, / In a bousing-ken of Rom-vile, / Is benar than a Caster, / Pecke, pennam, lay, or popler, / Which we mill in deuse a vile.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Rum-ville.
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