| 释义 |
choom
noun
an Englishman AUSTRALIA, 1916
Representing a toney English pronunciation of CHUM— Leonard Mann, Flesh in Armour, p. 43, 1932 But what can you do (I tell them) when a New Australian migrant, a Pommy bastard and a Choom to be exact, moves into your house and marries your beautiful sister-in-law. — Frank Hardy, The Outcasts of Foolgarah, p. 23, 1971 Where are you stayin’, choom? — John O’Grady, It’s Your Shout, Mate!, p. 44, 1972 — Jim Ramsay, Cop It Sweet!, p. 22, 1977 — Frank Hardy, Hardy’s People, p. 98, 1986 |