Lexicographical Neighbors of Chummage
Literary usage of Chummage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1891)
"chummage, subs. (old).—Money procured by the practice of chumming together ; but
various extensions of meaning appear to have been in vogue at different ..."
2. The Pamphleteer by Abraham John Valpy (1815)
"... the warden out of charity allows them the privilege of separate apartments.
The principle of chummage is as follows : on the arrival of a prisoner at ..."
3. The Pamphleteer by Abraham John Valpy (1815)
"The principle of chummage is as follows: on the arrival of a prisoner at the Fleet,
... The chummage takes place immediately, beginning with No. ..."
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