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Definition of Hummums
1. hummum [n] - See also: hummum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hummums
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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