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Chum

noun

A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities. Synonyms: brother, buddy, crony, pal, sidekick.

Bait consisting of chopped fish and fish oils that are dumped overboard to attract fish.

A large Pacific salmon with small spots on its back; an important food fish. Synonyms: chum salmon, Oncorhynchus keta.

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"Chum" Quotes from Famous Books

... know what you hear from your chum. I shall look for a letter from you to-night. It is still raining and at four o'clock the sky looks as thick and nasty as ever. It threatens to be like eight years ago when you and I were in the old house. Tell me what Mr. Tooker says, ...

— My Boyhood • John Burroughs

... care. I don't expect a man to notice me when he meets his sweetheart for the first time in ever so long; and such a sweetheart! But you—you—oh, I'm afraid of you! I'm afraid of you! What is this mystery? What is it? Why have you grown so grand and terrible? What has become of my chum?" ...

— The Bacillus of Beauty - A Romance of To-day • Harriet Stark

... pretty near drove me bughouse at fyst, but I'm settlin' down to it now. And oh, say, that big feller whose best lion died on him (good thing 'twasn't his best guyl!) he told me he's come to Columbus to room with the chum w'at put him onto wuykin for the Hands. He's in the toy department with me and feels real at home with the Teddy bears. I could get you a room in my house for two ...

— Winnie Childs - The Shop Girl • C. N. Williamson

... you," replied Dave in a vague, bothered way that made his companion and chum, Hiram Dobbs, study his face ...

— Dave Dashaway and his Hydroplane • Roy Rockwood

... recollects most of the old people down here, you know. I say, there's Parson beckoning; he's my chum, you know. I expect he wants me to help with some ...

— The Willoughby Captains • Talbot Baines Reed

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