fum


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fum

(fʌm)
n
(Non-European Myth & Legend) (in Chinese mythology) the phoenix
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I hates him, en I could kill him!" She paused awhile, thinking; then she burst into wild sobbings again, and turned away, saying, "Oh, I got to kill my chile, dey ain't no yuther way--killin' him wouldn't save de chile fum goin' down de river.
Dog my cats if it ain't all I kin do to tell t' other fum which, let alone his pappy."
"You's young Marse Tom fum dis out, en I got to practice and git used to 'memberin' to call you dat, honey, or I's gwine to make a mistake sometime en git us bofe into trouble.
You wants to keep 'way fum de water as much as you kin, en don't run no resk, 'kase it's down in de bills dat you's gwyne to git hung."
"Fe, fi, fo, fum, I smell a story," said Uncle Blair.
To Heav'n thir prayers Flew up, nor missed the way, by envious windes Blow'n vagabond or frustrate: in they passd Dimentionless through Heav'nly dores; then clad With incense, where the Golden Altar fum'd, By thir great Intercessor, came in sight Before the Fathers Throne: Them the glad Son Presenting, thus to intercede began.
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The story line of FUM jumps around at times, but the plot is innovative.--Adrienne Amborski
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Carol of the Bells/O Sanctissima; 12 Days of Christmas; Horn's Pop Christmas; Anthony DiLorenzo (arr.): Fum Fum Fun!; O Holy Night; Nelson/Rollins: Frosty and Rudolph; Johnny Mandel: A Christmas Love Song; Pola/Wyle: Most Wonderful Time of the Year; Gannon/Kent/Ram: I'll Be Home for Christmas; Vince Guaraldi: Christmas Is Coming; O Christmas Tree; Holiday Horn Carols; J.S.
Poetry is the preserve of blue-rinsed women using words like 'fo' and 'fum', yet Rooney (above) is just 50-1 with Betway to enter a National Poetry competition, though a lot shorter to enter a national poet.
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