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CHUM, v. To accompany as a friend, e.g. on a walk or on an exploit. An extension of colloq. Eng. chum, meaning to share a room. Known to Bnff.², Abd.², Ags.¹⁷, Fif. and Edb. correspondents, Lnk.¹¹ 1940.m.Sc. 1954 J. D. Scott The End of an Old Song (1990) 133:
'... Two pills and a capsule.' I gave them to him and he swallowed them. 'Chum me down the road,' he said. It was the kind of Scotticism I had broken him of at Nethervale.em.Sc. 2000 James Robertson The Fanatic 21:
'Just chum me a block or two, if you don't mind.'
'I'd chum you all the way,' he said, ... Edb. 1931 E. Albert Herrin' Jennie 341:
We'll chum you doon to the village.Edb. 1990 James Allan Ford in Joy Hendry Chapman 59 44:
It happened one day when Tommy Morris asked me to chum him to the docks. Edb. 1995 Irvine Welsh Marabou Stork Nightmares (1996) 98:
Commie pool, then up at ma big brar's, Pete said.
- Chum ays doon tae the chippy well, I ventured.e.Lth. 1985 Mollie Hunter I'll Go My Own Way 1987 (p10) :
"Your mammy sent me to look for you." With a nod towards Rhona, Alec said, "And I came with her." Charlie added, "And I chummed Alec."w.Dmf. 1910 J. L. Waugh Cracks wi' Robbie Doo i.:
I often wonder if he minds o' chummin' Sam'l Morraine in screwin' on the water-tap o' the main pipe at the heid o' the auld toon.