Begaum
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To smear (with something sticky or messy). UK, US, dialectal, past, rare
"Honest toil! The kind that bedews a guy's brow with honest sweat and also begaums it with what came from the crank case and off the axle; […]"
Example
More examples"Honest toil! The kind that bedews a guy's brow with honest sweat and also begaums it with what came from the crank case and off the axle; […]"
Etymology
From be- + gaum.
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