First Known Use: 1911
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subgum
noun sub·gum \ˈsəb-ˈgəm\
Definition of SUBGUM
: a dish of Chinese origin prepared with a mixture of vegetables (as peppers, water chestnuts, and mushrooms)
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Origin of SUBGUM
Chinese (Guangdong) sahp-gám, literally, assorted, mixed
Rhymes with SUBGUM
alum, aplomb, bass drum, bay rum, beach plum, become, benumb, degum, dim sum, dumdum, dum-dum, eardrum, far from, green thumb, hail from, ho-hum, how come, humdrum, income, in sum, outcome, pond scum, side drum, snare drum, sour gum, steel drum, succumb, sweet gum, therefrom, to come, Tom Thumb, tom-tom, wherefrom, yum-yum
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