Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- interj. New England Used to express surprise.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- A corruption or equivalent of vow, used in the expression “I vum,” a mild expletive or oath. Compare swan.
Wiktionary
Etymologies
- Alteration of vow. (Wiktionary)
- Alteration of vow2. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The press is mostly in French and German — even the Zeitung vum Lëtzebuerger Vollek is in German, despite the Luxembourgish title and date header.”
“August 1862, als éischt vu fënnef Kanner, gouf de Claude Debussy als Jong vum Manuel-Achille Debussy a sénger Fra Victorine agedroen.”
“Klingon: Ta 'ghobe' meQ qul joq vum HoS daq juH Qovpatlh!”
“I vum!" she exclaimed, sitting down for the first time in years "at the first table.”
“I shan't hev ter stand much on't, however; I'll be aout doors most of the time, when I _have_ ter, an 'I vum I'll be aout all the rest of the time because I _choose_ ter.”
“Nouns ending in the Nominative Singular in - vus, - vum, - quus, exhibited two types of inflection in the classical Latin, -- an earlier and a later, -- as follows: --”
“I dew vum," a mild New England oath, "I do vow." idyl (i-dil), a short poem describing country life.”
“You millionaires 'round here git more time to read it than ever _I_ do, I vum!”
“Well, I vum!" drawled the expressman, at length recovering speech.”
“I thought I seen you hangin 'around Hope Drugg's store more'n a little lately; and I vum I thought”
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