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English
Etymology
From chum + -age.
Noun
chummage (usually uncountable, plural chummages)
- (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 rooms within a prison.
1836,
Charles Dickens,
The Pickwick Papers 42:
- What will you take to be paid out?’ said the butcher. ‘The regular chummage is two–and–six. Will you take three bob?’ ‘And a bender,’ suggested the clerical gentleman. ‘Well, I don’t mind that; it’s only twopence a piece more,’ said Mr. Martin. ‘What do you say, now? We’ll pay you out for three–and–sixpence a week. Come!’