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punjum

punjum noun: a kind of longcloth from India.

Noun

punjum (countable and uncountable, plural punjums)

  1. A kind of longcloth from India.
    • But really I have never heard that the up-country vrouwen were in such a violent hurry for baftas and punjums but what the ox-wagons and local stores there could keep them supplied.1968, R[alph] N[ixon] Currey, editor, Letters and Other Writings of a Natal Sheriff, Thomas Phipson 1815-76, Cape Town: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 171

Forms of punjum

pluralpunjums
alternative formpanjam
alternative formpanjum
alternative formpunjam

Questions about punjum

What does punjum mean?
Punjum means a kind of longcloth from India.
What part of speech is punjum?
Punjum is a noun.
What is the plural of punjum?
The plural of punjum is punjums.

Words near punjum in the dictionary

  1. punji stick
  2. punji sticks
  3. punjie
  4. punjies
  5. punjis
  6. punjum
  7. punjums
  8. punk
  9. punk house
  10. punk houses
  11. punk jazz

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