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Chum

noun

A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities. Synonyms: brother, buddy, crony, pal, sidekick.

Bait consisting of chopped fish and fish oils that are dumped overboard to attract fish.

A large Pacific salmon with small spots on its back; an important food fish. Synonyms: chum salmon, Oncorhynchus keta.

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"Chum" Quotes from Famous Books

... opportunity; knowing, too, that I was the owner of the bark, and supposed to have money. He was heard to say in a rum-mill a day or two before the attack that he would find the —— money and his life, too. His chum and bosom friend had come pretty straight from Palermo penitentiary at Buenos Aires when he shipped ...

— Voyage of the Liberdade • Captain Joshua Slocum

... myself," said Quayle, "were knocking around Fort Worth one time seeing the sights. We had drunk until it didn't taste right any longer. This chum of mine was queer in his drinking. If he ever got enough once, he didn't want any more for several days: you could cure him by offering him plenty. But with just the right amount on board, he was a hail fellow. He was a big, ambling, awkward cuss, who could be led into anything ...

— A Texas Matchmaker • Andy Adams

... a chum of mine sittin' next," continued Andrew, "an' by and by, when the place was gettin' very hot, an' the sawdust the horses threw up with their heels was fit to choke yer, he says to me, 'Old chap,' he says, 'come out an' take a glass of summat jest to ...

— The Hawthorns - A Story about Children • Amy Walton

... more good times," said Bert, as he and Harry walked along with the fish they had caught. Their chum, Tom Mason, had ...

— The Bobbsey Twins at Meadow Brook • Laura Lee Hope

... will," agreed Bert. "And we'll put some carpet on the top of the main board, for a cushion for some of the girls." His chum agreed that this would be a good plan, and so the bob was made very attractive for ...

— The Bobbsey Twins at School • Laura Lee Hope

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