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Webster 1913 Edition


Paum

Paum

,
Verb.
T.
&
I.
[See
Palm
to cheat.]
To palm off by fraud; to cheat at cards.
[Obs.]
Swift.

Webster 1828 Edition


Paum

PAUM

,
Verb.
T.
To impose by fraud; a corruption of palm.

Definition 2024


paum

paum

English

Verb

paum (third-person singular simple present paums, present participle pauming, simple past and past participle paumed)

  1. (obsolete) To palm off by fraud.
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  2. (obsolete) To cheat at cards.