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chummage

chummage noun: the lodging of several people in a single apartment.

Noun

chummage (usually uncountable, plural chummages)

  1. (UK, obsolete, slang, usually) The lodging of several people in a single apartment.
  2. (UK, obsolete, slang, usually) A fee paid by a prisoner to be able to lodge in shared rooms within a prison.
    • What will you take to be paid out?’ said the butcher. ‘The regular chummage is two–and–six. Will you take three bob?’ ‘And a bender,’ suggested the clerical gentleman. ‘Well, I don’t mind that; it’s only twopence a piece more,’ said Mr. Martin. ‘What do you say, now? We’ll pay you out for...1836, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers 42

Forms of chummage

pluralchummages

Origin of chummage

From chum + -age.

Questions about chummage

What does chummage mean?
Chummage means the lodging of several people in a single apartment.
What part of speech is chummage?
Chummage is a noun.
What is the plural of chummage?
The plural of chummage is chummages.

Words near chummage in the dictionary

  1. chumboxes
  2. chumbucket
  3. chumbuckets
  4. Chumley
  5. Chumleys
  6. chummage
  7. chummages
  8. chummed
  9. chummed in
  10. chummed up
  11. chummer

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