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Definition of Slumgum
1. n. The impure residue, consisting of cocoons, propolis, etc., remaining after the wax is extracted from honeycombs.
Definition of Slumgum
1. the residue remaining after honey is extracted from a honeycomb [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slumgum
Literary usage of Slumgum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1908)
"It will take more wax out of the slumgum than any other; ... I expected there
would be some report on the slumgum left, over the Gemmell press. ..."
2. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1908)
"It will take more wax out of the slumgum than any other; ... I expected there
would be some report on the slumgum left, over the Gemmell press. ..."
3. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1908)
"It is excellent as far as it goes, but leaves too much wax in the slumgum, or
residue, to be termed effective. The latest and by far the most useful ..."
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