snum, v. U.S. colloq.
(snʌm)
Alteration of swear, esp. in I snum as exclamation. Also as n. in by snum! (obs.). Cf. vum v., n.
| 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan II. 315 By snum; but you're a precious fellow! 1839 Yale Lit. Mag. IV. 357 I snum, 'tain't the thing for me. 1904 J. C. Lincoln Cap'n Eri i. 4, I ain't quite a fool yit, Eri Hedge. I guess I know—well, I snum! I forgot that upper vest pocket! 1916 H. L. Wilson Somewhere in Red Gap viii. 333 Now, I snum! Here she's two-thirty! 1951 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. xv. 67 I snum!, exclamation of amazement. |