tum

Etymology

noun

  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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