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paums

paums is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 paums

What is paums the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Paums is the third-person singular simple present indicative of paum.

Words near paums in the dictionary

  1. Paumari
  2. paumed
  3. pauming
  4. Paumotu
  5. Paumotuan
  6. paums
  7. paunce
  8. pauncer
  9. pauncers
  10. paunces
  11. paunceway

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