coom

American  

[koom] / kum /

Or coomb

noun

Chiefly Scot. and North England.

1. soot; coal dust; smut.

2. dust, especially sawdust or dust from a gristmill.

3. grease from bearings, axles, etc.

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coom British  

/ kuːm /

noun

1. dialect waste material, such as dust from coal, grease from axles, etc

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Etymology

Origin of coom

First recorded in 1580–90; variant of culm ¹

Example Sentences

“He be the best an’ liberallest gentleman ever coom about these parts—that be he.”

From The White Gauntlet by Reid, Mayne

Get away back an' coom oop in't queue like oother people!'

From Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)

“Ye hae a vairy muckle pit-oot veesitor, wha hae coom on an airand o’ good-will to be gret wi’ eensoolts.”

From The Dreamers A Club by Bangs, John Kendrick

Bending forward over me with a puckering of the forehead she said abruptly, "Where do ye coom frae?"

From A Century of Sail and Steam on the Niagara River by Cumberland, Barlow

She gemme sixpence te coom an’ tell yer.

From The Revellers by Tracy, Louis