lum
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of lum
C17: of obscure origin
Example Sentences
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Brown is of a generation with my parents, and grew up calling a chimney a lum, an ear a lug, a frog a puddock, and the likes of David Cameron, a sleekit skellum.
From The Guardian • Jun. 4, 2010
At war with Japan in 1905, Nicky sent the Russian Baltic battle fleet lum bering round the world, but it was sunk in 45 minutes at Tsushima.
From Time Magazine Archive
A conundrum at best, it consists of three-tiered automatically movable towers of ill-assorted lum ber, through which the actors peek out like birds in wooden cages.
From Time Magazine Archive
Result: Guy took off for a year's work with his brother in lum ber camps along the Columbia River.
From Time Magazine Archive
“The yin wi’ the reeky lum and the view o’ chimbley-pots frae the wundy?”
From Philosopher Jack by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
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