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smokum

smokum verb: to smoke.

Verb

smokum

  1. (dated, humorous) To smoke.
    • "Givum dinner; smokum pipe," was all that we could get out of Quatchett.1896, F J Stimsom, King Noanett: A Story of Old Virginia and the Massachusetts Bay, page 254
    • We ran up to him and danced around him like Indians and then stopped and puffed on a big stick and handed it to him saying, "Smokum peace pipe."1968, Joan Baez, Daybreak, page 17

Origin of smokum

From smoke + -um.

Questions about smokum

What does smokum mean?
Smokum means to smoke.
What part of speech is smokum?
Smokum is a verb.

Words near smokum in the dictionary

  1. smokish
  2. smokist
  3. smokists
  4. smoko
  5. smokos
  6. smokum
  7. Smokvica
  8. smoky
  9. smoky black
  10. smoky blacks
  11. smoky brown

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