yarrum

English

Alternative forms

• yaram, yarum

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjæɹəm/

Noun

yarrum (uncountable)

1. (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.
• [Francis] 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[odfrey] 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[tephen] Farmer; W[illiam] E[rnest] Henley, compilers (1904) “yarum”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume VII, [London: […] Neill and Co.] […], →OCLC, page 372.

Anagrams

• Murray, murray