Begaum

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 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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