单词 | hummum |
释义 | hummumn. A Turkish bath; a hammam n.A bathing establishment called ‘the Hummums’ is said to have been established in Covent Garden in 1631; it subsequently became a hotel. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > bathing > place for bathing > bath-house > Turkish baths hammam1625 hummum1634 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 35 Found them in an Euening, bathing themselues in a secure Hummum. 1688 J. Bramston Autobiogr. (Camden) 368 Sir Charles Scarborow..aduised takinge the Northhall waters..bleedinge in the arme, and the hummums, which are bathing or swettinge. 1701 Postman 15 Nov. (advt.) The Hummums in Covent Garden having..been neglected..whereby several Persons of Quality have been disgusted and have left off coming thither to sweat and bathe. 1712 E. Budgell Spectator No. 347. ¶10 It is also our Imperial Will and Pleasure, that our good Subjects the Sweaters do establish their Hummums in such close Places. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1778 II. 263 My wife went to the Hummums; (it is a place where people get themselves cupped.) 1792 ‘P. Pindar’ Tears of St. Margaret (new ed.) 24 In Covent Garden, at the Hummums, now I sit. 1856 Househ. Words 13 98 A complete hummums, or pile of buildings devoted to hot and cold baths. 1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations III. vi. 86 I..got a late hackney chariot and drove to the Hummums in Covent Garden. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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