Lexicographical Neighbors of Humhum
Literary usage of Humhum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1820 I can foresee the time when our fine twilled linen shall be as much superior
to the bleach rotted linen imported, or the sleazy humhum, as they are to ..."
2. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"... or the sleazy humhum, as they are to a cobweb.—Mass. Spy, Jan. 5. 1839 [Dudley
Marvin, of the bar of Western New York], was ingenious in ..."
3. The American Homœopathic Pharmacopœia by Boericke & Tafel (1883)
"... if necessary, the galvanic reduction of the metal is effected by the addition
of zinc, and the whole process is followed up as given under humhum. ..."
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