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chummage
chummage (ˈtʃʌmɪdʒ) [f. chum + -age.] 1. The system of ‘chumming’ one person upon another; the quartering of two or more persons in one room. Hence chummage-ticket.1837 Dickens Pickw. xlii, You'll have a chummage ticket upon twenty-seven in the third, and them as is in the room will be your chums. 1...
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Garnish and chummage
Upon arrival, new prisoners were expected to pay garnish, a donation to the prisoners' committee. The only prisoners not expected to pay chummage were debtors who had declared themselves insolvent by swearing an oath that they had assets worth less
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footing
footing, vbl. n. (ˈfʊtɪŋ) [f. foot v. + -ing1.] 1. a. The act of walking, pacing, or stepping; a step or tread. Now rare. † to set footing: to set foot (in, on a place), to enter. (Also fig.)1583 Stanyhurst æneis iii. (Arb.) 89 He stutted, apaled And fixt his footing. 1593 Shakes. 2 Hen. VI, iii. ii...
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what
▪ I. what, pron., a.1, adv., conj., int. (n.) (hwɒt) Forms: 1 hwæt, huæt, huæd, 1–4 hwet, 2–4 hwat, wet, 2–5 wat, 3 (Orm.) watt, whæt, wæt, (waht, wæht, whæht, weht, ȝwat), 3–4 whet, (4 huet, wad), 3 (Orm.), 5 whatt, 3–6 whate, (5 whad, wath), 5–6 whatte, (9 dial. or vulgar wot), 3– what; 3–5 north....
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