vums

Verb

vum (third-person singular simple present vums, present participle vumming, simple past and past participle vummed)

1. (US, colloquial) To vow, swear.
   • I vum it's Sunday—you won't see that harpooneer to-night; he's come to anchor somewhere—come along then; do come; won't ye come?1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “Ch. 3”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC

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