coom

or coomb

[ koom ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Chiefly Scot. and North England.

soot; coal dust; smut.
dust, especially sawdust or dust from a gristmill.
grease from bearings, axles, etc.

coom

/ ��ː�� /

noun

dialect.
waste material, such as dust from coal, grease from axles, etc

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Word History and Origins

Origin of coom¹

First recorded in 1580–90; variant of culm ¹

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Word History and Origins

Origin of coom¹

C16 (meaning: soot): probably a variant of culm ¹

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Example Sentences

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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,

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"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."

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

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‘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.

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

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cooly Coomaraswamy

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