| Webster's Online Dictionary |
Date "HUMMUMS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references) |
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Literature | Hummums (in Covent Garden). So called from the Persian humoun (a sweating or Turkish bath). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
| Slang in 1811 | HUMMUMS. A bagnio, or bathing house. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. | ||
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