tum

nounattested in dialogue

//tʌm//

shortened form of tummy

noun

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shortened form of tummy
For here am I without a crumb To satisfy a raging tum-- O what an oversight!" As he was indulging in these melancholy reflexions he came round a bend in the road, and discovered two people in the very act of having lunch.
We left the telephone, walked up two small flights of stairs, and opened the front door as, believe it or not, the car with three policemen in it was just pulling up. I mention this amazing promptitude hoping that it will be a comfort to timorous souls whose tums turn over when things go bump in the night.

Forms

plural: tums

Tulip · A surname.TULIP · Acronym for the Five Points of Calvinist doctrine: total…Tully · A surname.

tum · shortened form of tummy

tumble · A fall, especially end over end.Tumble · A village in Llannon community, Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS…tumbling · The act of something that tumbles.

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