coom

or coomb

[ koom ]

/ kum /

noun Chiefly Scot. and North England.

soot; coal dust; smut.

dust, especially sawdust or dust from a gristmill.

grease from bearings, axles, etc.

Origin of coom

First recorded in 1580–90; variant of culm¹

Words nearby coom

cool one's heels, cool out, cool school, coolth, cooly, coom, Coomaraswamy, coomb, Coombs' serum, Coombs' test, coon

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Example sentences from the Web for coom

I seed 'un, Jim; a great, fine fox 'e were, a slinkin' off jest afore we coom up.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, January 28, 1893|Various
Plaize your honour, your honour's groom have not been here all day a'most; and if her coom'th, us 'ont keep un.
The Maid of Sker|Richard Doddridge Blackmore
As sooin as he coom near th' coit he could hear him snoaring away ommost as laad as a trombone.
Yorksher Puddin'|John Hartley
He worn't aboon a minnit or two away, but when he coom back what should he see but owd Labon within a few steps o'th' top.
Yorksher Puddin'|John Hartley

We was all expectin' a bit of a do, thou knows—an' thou's never so much as coom nigh th' place.
North, South and Over the Sea|M.E. Francis (Mrs. Francis Blundell)

British Dictionary definitions for coom

coom

coomb

/ (kuːm) /

noun

dialect, mainly Scot and Northern English waste material, such as dust from coal, grease from axles, etc

Word Origin for coom

C16 (meaning: soot): probably a variant of culm 1

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单词	coom
释义	coom or coomb [ koom ] / kum / noun Chiefly Scot. and North England. soot; coal dust; smut. dust, especially sawdust or dust from a gristmill. grease from bearings, axles, etc. Origin of coom First recorded in 1580–90; variant of culm¹ Words nearby coom cool one's heels, cool out, cool school, coolth, cooly, coom, Coomaraswamy, coomb, Coombs' serum, Coombs' test, coon Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for coom I seed 'un, Jim; a great, fine fox 'e were, a slinkin' off jest afore we coom up. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, January 28, 1893\|Various Plaize your honour, your honour's groom have not been here all day a'most; and if her coom'th, us 'ont keep un. The Maid of Sker\|Richard Doddridge Blackmore As sooin as he coom near th' coit he could hear him snoaring away ommost as laad as a trombone. Yorksher Puddin'\|John Hartley He worn't aboon a minnit or two away, but when he coom back what should he see but owd Labon within a few steps o'th' top. Yorksher Puddin'\|John Hartley We was all expectin' a bit of a do, thou knows—an' thou's never so much as coom nigh th' place. North, South and Over the Sea\|M.E. Francis (Mrs. Francis Blundell) British Dictionary definitions for coom coom coomb / (kuːm) / noun dialect, mainly Scot and Northern English waste material, such as dust from coal, grease from axles, etc Word Origin for coom C16 (meaning: soot): probably a variant of culm 1 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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