coom

American  

[koom] / kum /

Or coomb

noun

Chiefly Scot. and North England.

1. soot; coal dust; smut.

2. dust, especially sawdust or dust from a gristmill.

3. grease from bearings, axles, etc.

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coom British  

/ kuːm /

noun

1. dialect waste material, such as dust from coal, grease from axles, etc

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Etymology

Origin of coom

First recorded in 1580–90; variant of culm ¹

Example Sentences

“Yes,” rejoins the rustic, “soo there ees, but you a’n’t coom to un yit, master.”

From The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike by Harper, Charles G.

“He be the best an’ liberallest gentleman ever coom about these parts—that be he.”

From The White Gauntlet by Reid, Mayne

David, William, Mary, coom here an’ hold yer master.

From The Revellers by Tracy, Louis

He turned and faced the elderly couple, and John Bolland spoke: “So ye’ve coom yam, eh?”

From The Revellers by Tracy, Louis

Maybe Muster Holtspur moat coom here, while I be gone theer.

From The White Gauntlet by Reid, Mayne