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choom

American  
[choom] / tʃʊm /

noun

Australian.

  1. an Englishman.

choom British  
/ tʃʊm /

noun

  1. old-fashioned (often capital) an Englishman

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Etymology

Origin of choom

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

Example Sentences

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There’s room for choom, and all that jazz.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 5, 2014

Seeing a Light Horseman passing along the main sap, and wearing the distinctive head-dress, he hailed him—"Say, choom, be them kangaroo feathers in your 'at?"

From The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula by Collett, Herbert Brayley

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