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

Howsiver she sims sa hinnercent-loike, she's a follerin' arl I saäy: An' I boärt 'er at Kettleby Feär, I did, two yeär coom Cannelmas Daäy.

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

Well, she left ma aloän at laäst, an' I hedn't a mossel o' hoäpe— When by coom Harry the hedger, an a' hoickt ma oop with a roäpe!

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

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

Bending forward over me with a puckering of the forehead she said abruptly, "Where do ye coom frae?"

From A Century of Sail and Steam on the Niagara River by Barlow Cumberland

"There be only Hosea Bennett an' George Riley to coom now, an' the toll'll be complete."

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, June 16, 1920 by Various