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CHUMMAGE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of CHUMMAGE is the quartering of persons together in the same room. How to use chummage in a sentence.
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chummage - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Noun · (obsolete, UK, slang) The lodging of several people in a single apartment. · (obsolete, UK, slang) A fee paid by a prisoner to be able to lodge in shared ...
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CHUMMAGE definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
chummage in British English (ˈtʃʌmɪdʒ IPA Pronunciation Guide ) noun (formerly) a fee paid by a prisoner for sole occupancy of a cell.
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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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Chummage (Grose 1811 Dictionary) - Words from Old Books
Money paid by the richer sort of prisoners in the Fleet and King's Bench, to the poorer, for their share of a room. When prisons are very full, ...
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chummage, n. - Green's Dictionary of Slang
1. a sum of money paid by a rich prisoner to a poorer one, for which payment the latter forfeits his part of a shared cell, leaving it all to the rich prisoner.
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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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chummage, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...
There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun chummage. See 'Meaning & use' for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
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Chummage Definition, Meaning & Usage | FineDictionary.com
(n) Chummage the quartering of two or more persons in one room: a fee demanded from a new chum. Etymology #. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary Perh. a ...
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definition of chummage by The Free Dictionary
Define chummage. chummage synonyms, chummage pronunciation, chummage translation, English dictionary definition of chummage. n a fee paid by a prisoner for ...
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How To Use "Chummage" In A Sentence: Unpacking the Word
In simple terms, chummage refers to the practice of sharing living expenses among friends or roommates. It involves pooling resources to cover ...
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chummage - definition and meaning - Wordnik
chummage: A charge for that which one has in common with a chum.
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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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