rumtitum adj.
in excellent condition, usu. of a bull or a pimp; intensified as rum ti tum with the chill off.
![]() | Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue n.p.: Rumtitum. Synonymous with prime twig; in fine order or condition. A flash term for a game bull. | |
![]() | Modern Flash Dict. 29: Rum ti tum with the chill off – good, slap up, the tippy, excellent. | |
![]() | Swell’s Night Guide K4: Rum-ti-Tum, excellent. | |
![]() | Bulletin (Sydney) 16 May 9/3: Miss Juno was last heard of from Maryborough (Q.), where she was playing in a new piece – ‘The Bonnie Wishwife.’ Rum-ti-tum-tum. |