coom

or coomb

[ koom ]

/ kum /

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noun Chiefly Scot. and North England.

soot; coal dust; smut.

dust, especially sawdust or dust from a gristmill.

grease from bearings, axles, etc.

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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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How to use coom in a sentence

Mester Grace too,—he coom to see me an' I axt him questions.
That Lass O' Lowrie's|Frances Hodgson Burnett
I coom here to-neet a purpose, an' this is what I've getten to say.
That Lass O' Lowrie's|Frances Hodgson Burnett
Sophy talks shockingly broad; she says, “Aw wanted him to coom, boot he would not.”
Out in the Forty-Five|Emily Sarah Holt
Coom'th over me as the spring do, though I be naigh three score.
Lorna Doone|R. D. Blackmore

Arl the news coom from them nowadays, instead of from here, as her ought to do.
Lorna Doone|R. D. Blackmore

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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