"smokum" meaning in All languages combined

See smokum on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Etymology: From smoke + -um. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|smoke|um}} smoke + -um Head templates: {{head|en|verb}} smokum
  1. (dated, humorous) To smoke. Tags: dated, humorous
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          "ref": "1896, F J Stimsom, King Noanett: A Story of Old Virginia and the Massachusetts Bay, page 254:",
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          "ref": "1968, Joan Baez, Daybreak, page 17:",
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          "ref": "2004, Henry Bailey Stevens, Johnny Appleseed And Paul Bunyan: A Play of American Folklore in Three Acts with Prologue, page 47:",
          "text": "He say tree, \"Be good Indian.\" He say Indian, \"Be good tree.\" We swear by Great Spirit. We smokum pipe.",
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