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tum
[ tuhm ]
verb (used with object)
tummed, tumming.
- to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
tum
/ ʌ /
noun
- an informal or childish word for stomach
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of tum1
First recorded in 1605–15; origin uncertain
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Most importantly, some witnesses were directed by the White House not to tum over potentially privileged information...
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There are the standards of Thai takeout — curries and kee mao, fried rice and som tum.
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So perhaps in this particular case, Markle’s much-commented upon “mum tum” has less to do with her revolutionary spirit and more with female physiology.
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Her eyes well up and she clutches her tum.
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She was too frail for our tum bling, but she let us go on anyway, smiling a toothless smile, her large eyes, the unending blue of a summer sky, sparkling with pleasure.
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