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smokum en · VERB

Etymology

From smoke + -um.

Meanings

  1. (dated, humorous) To smoke.
    • He say tree, "Be good Indian." He say Indian, "Be good tree." We swear by Great Spirit. We smokum pipe. 2004, Henry Bailey Stevens, Johnny Appleseed And Paul Bunyan: A Play of American Folklore in Three Acts with Prologue, page 47:
    • "Givum dinner; smokum pipe," was all that we could get out of Quatchett. 1896, F J Stimsom, King Noanett: A Story of Old Virginia and the Massachusetts Bay, page 254:
    • Historyland... sought to present a historical image of Native Americans ... different from the "Ugh! We-smokum peace-pipe" images once presented at Knott's Berry Farms. 2003, Stephen Brown, John F Sherry, editors, Time, Space and the Market: Retroscapes Rising, page 127:
    • We ran up to him and danced around him like Indians and then stopped and puffed on a big stick and handed it to him saying, "Smokum peace pipe." 1968, Joan Baez, Daybreak, page 17: