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pauming

pauming is the present participle and gerund of paum.

Meaning of paum

Verb

paum (third-person singular simple present paums, present participle pauming, simple past and past participle paumed)

  1. (obsolete) To palm off by fraud; to cheat or swindle
    • A Rogue that lock'd up his drink, turn'd away our Wives , cheated us of our Fortunes ; paum'd his damn'd Crufts upon us for Mutton1704, [Jonathan Swift], A Tale of a Tub. […], London: […] John Nutt, […], →OCLC

Questions about pauming

What is pauming the present participle and gerund of?
Pauming is the present participle and gerund of paum.

Words near pauming in the dictionary

  1. paum
  2. Pauma
  3. Paumanok
  4. Paumari
  5. paumed
  6. pauming
  7. Paumotu
  8. Paumotuan
  9. paums
  10. paunce
  11. pauncer

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