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chummages

chummages is the plural of chummage.

Meaning of chummage

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

Questions about chummages

What is chummages the plural of?
Chummages is the plural of chummage.

Words near chummages in the dictionary

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

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