coom
or coomb
soot; coal dust; smut.
dust, especially sawdust or dust from a gristmill.
grease from bearings, axles, etc.
Origin of coom
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How to use coom in a sentence
Mester Grace too,—he coom to see me an' I axt him questions.
That Lass O' Lowrie's | Frances Hodgson BurnettI coom here to-neet a purpose, an' this is what I've getten to say.
That Lass O' Lowrie's | Frances Hodgson BurnettSophy talks shockingly broad; she says, “Aw wanted him to coom, boot he would not.”
Out in the Forty-Five | Emily Sarah Holtcoom'th over me as the spring do, though I be naigh three score.
Lorna Doone | R. D. BlackmoreArl the news coom from them nowadays, instead of from here, as her ought to do.
Lorna Doone | R. D. Blackmore
British Dictionary definitions for coom
coomb
/ (kuːm) /
dialect, mainly Scot and Northern English waste material, such as dust from coal, grease from axles, etc
Origin of coom
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