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Definition of Chummed
1. chum [v] - See also: chum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chummed
Literary usage of Chummed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Personal Recollections of Werner Von Siemens by Werner von Siemens (1893)
"We chummed together at the School. lived and studied together. had the same
quarters then and thenceforward. whenever circumstances allowed of it. ..."
2. The Pamphleteer by Abraham John Valpy (1815)
"The system purports to be one of rotation ; and if the prisoner be poor, and
wishes to be bought out, he is chummed upon one who can afford to pay him; ..."
3. Sketches in London by James Grant (1838)
"When there is more than one person to each room, which, as just observed, is
almost always the case, the new-comers are, what is called " chummed" on the ..."
4. The Pamphleteer by Abraham John Valpy (1815)
"The system purports to be one of rotation ., and if the prisoner be poor, and
wishes to be bought out, he is chummed upon one who can afford to pay him; ..."
5. In Jail with Charles Dickens by Alfred Trumble (1896)
"If one or more prisoners occupied a room and another was "chummed" on them, they
could buy him off by paying him a few shillings a week, and so keep the ..."
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