lummy
Lummy is a British slang term that's been used in two flavors.
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Lummy is a British slang term that's been used in two flavors. In one sense it means shrewd, knowing, or cute — describing someone who's got a sharp, canny quality about them. In its older, more obsolete British use, it meant jolly or first-rate — something that was simply top-notch and excellent. Both senses suggest a kind of sparkly, positive quality. The word has largely fallen out of everyday use, surviving mainly in historical fiction and the vocabulary of people who love vintage British slang.
That lummy little scheme of his actually worked — nobody saw it coming.
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(UK, slang, obsolete) jolly, first-rate.
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(slang) shrewd; knowing; cute.
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