Definition of Hummums

1. Noun. (plural of hummum) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hummums

1. hummum [n] - See also: hummum

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hummums

humming-bird
humming-birds
humming-top
humming bird's trumpet
humming top
hummingbird
hummingbird moth
hummingbirds
hummings
hummock
hummocked
hummocking
hummocks
hummocky
hummum
hummums (current term)
hummus
hummuses
humogen
humogens
humongoid
humongous
humor
humor aquosus
humor vitreus
humoral
humoral antibodies
humoral doctrine
humoral immune response
humoral immunities

Literary usage of Hummums

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. London by Charles Knight (1843)
"The Old hummums, by the way, was the scene of what Johnson called the best accredited ghost story he ever heard of. The ghost, that of Ford, the parson of ..."

2. A Century of Anecdote from 1760-1860 by John Timbs (1864)
"hummums GHOST-STORY. Of Parson Ford, who figures in Hogarth's " Midnight ... A waiter at the hummums, in which house Ford died, had been absent for some ..."

3. The Town: Its Memorable Characters and Events by Leigh Hunt (1859)
"... and Garth— Armstrong—Boswell's introduction to Johnson—The hummums— Ghost Story there—Covent Garden—The Church—Car, Earl of Somerset — Butler, Southern, ..."

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