Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the southern United States, a hollowed section of a gum-tree used as a beehive.
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Examples
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In the other side there was an old-fashioned bee-gum pulpit, a sort of a box arrangement.
The story of my life, or, More than a half century as I have lived it and seen it lived, 1912
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And start it on its wortery errant down the old bee-gum.
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"Them two boys will fight a bee-gum o 'sucklin' wildcats -- tooth and toe-nail."
In Happy Valley John Fox 1891
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Hit make me laugh, "Uncle Remus continued, with a chuckle," fer ter see w'at a fresh man is Brer Fox, kaze he aint no sooner stuck he head un'need dat ar bee-gum, dan Brer Rabbit turnt 'er aloose, en down she come -- _ker-swosh!
Nights With Uncle Remus Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation Joel Chandler Harris 1878
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He announced that he would meet Judge Tait anywhere, on any day, and exchange a shot with him, provided he (Judge Dooly) was allowed to stand on the field of honor with one leg in a bee-gum!
Stories Of Georgia Joel Chandler Harris 1878
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Hit make me laugh, "Uncle Remus continued, with a chuckle," fer ter see w'at a fresh man is Brer Fox, kaze he ain't no sooner stuck he head un'need dat ar bee-gum, dan Brer Rabbit turnt 'er aloose, en down she come -- _ker-swosh!
Nights With Uncle Remus Joel Chandler Harris 1878
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It was a very useless thing, and foolish too, to be throwing a cat into a bee-gum; for this was nothing else.
The Memories of Fifty Years Sparks, William H 1870
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The upper branches were alive with these industrious toilers, and Big Tom was always on the alert to discover and mark a bee-gum, which he could visit afterwards.
The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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The upper branches were alive with these industrious toilers, and Big Tom was always on the alert to discover and mark a bee-gum, which he could visit afterwards.
On Horseback Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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It was a very useless thing, and foolish too, to be throwing a cat into a bee-gum; for this was nothing else.
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