Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
yarrum. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
yarrum, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
yarrum in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
yarrum you have here. The definition of the word
yarrum will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
yarrum, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Etymology
Unknown
Pronunciation
Noun
yarrum (uncountable)
- (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Milk.
1652, Richard Brome, A Joviall Crew: or, the Merry Beggars, play, first performed 1641:Here's Pannum and Lap, and good Poplars of Yarrum, / To fill up the Crib, and to comfort the Quarron.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:yarrum.
References
- OED2
- [Francis Grose] (1788) “Yarrum”, in A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 2nd edition, London: S. Hooper, , →OCLC.
- Grose [et al.] (1811) “Yarrum”, in Lexicon Balatronicum. A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence. , London: C. Chappell, , →OCLC.
- Albert Barrère and Charles G Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890) “yarum”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant , volume II (L–Z), Edinburgh: The Ballantyne Press, →OCLC, page 424.
- John S Farmer; W E Henley, compilers (1904) “yarum”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. , volume VII, Neill and Co.] , →OCLC, page 372.
Anagrams