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

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coom

He didn’t coom here sin he coom marryin’ your mother,” said one of the English boys.

From A Hero of Ticonderoga by Rowland E. Robinson

Martha sprang at the solicitor with an eerie screech: “Hev ye coom to steal oor bairn, the bonny lad we’ve reared i’ infancy an’ childhood?

From The Revellers by Louis Tracy

I didn’t need te coom te you for counsel.

From The Revellers by Louis Tracy

Maäin an' boolky she wur as Michaelmas week coom nigh, "Her'll niver not bulge naw bigger," I sez, "an she art fur to die!"

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, July 23, 1887. by Various

She gemme sixpence te coom an’ tell yer.

From The Revellers by Louis Tracy