choom

[ choom ]

nounAustralian.
  1. an Englishman.

Origin of choom

1
1915–20; facetious respelling of chum1, with -oo- representing English Midlands pronunciation of the vowel

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British Dictionary definitions for choom

choom

/ (tʃʊm) /


noun
  1. (often capital) old-fashioned, Australian slang, or jocular an Englishman

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