choom
/tʃʊm
/noun Australian /NZ informal, dated
An English person: there was the belief that the diggers were better fighters than the chooms...
- You said a choom put on your bandage.
- The chooms should hand this criminal over, to face charges.
- There was the belief that the diggers were better fighters than the 'chooms'.
Origin
First World War: representing a British English dialect pronunciation of chum1.