tum

plural tums

1. 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.

   1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 18

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   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.

   1949 February 19, Charles, “My Column”, in Bristol Evening Post, number 5,224, Bristol, →OCLC, page 2, columns 2–3

   Synonyms: tum-tum

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