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

While we could be flip about a super villain by the name of The Tickler —”This is no myth,” Sergeant Michael O’Hara told boston.coom,

From Time

"I shown it yesterrday to a young fellow who's making a picturre out there in the lane, and coom oop to the farrm for a drink o' milk."

From Project Gutenberg

Such news as this don’t coom every day.”

From Project Gutenberg

‘Coom out o’ this ’ere and let’s ha’ a look at yer,’ I says, for, d’ye see, I thought as it wur someone who had crept in unbeknown in the daytime and got locked in by mistake.

From Project Gutenberg

Welcome, Haymoss; I know not where be coom from but here be a sup for 'ee, comrade.

From Project Gutenberg