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1876 Burlington (Iowa) Daily Hawk-eye 27 Jan. 8/5 How we would like to get hold of the man... Alone. In the woods, with a Cannon [i.e. revolver] in our hip pocket. Revenge is sweet; yum, yum, yum.

1899 R. Kipling Stalky & Co. 239 Pretty lips..Seem to say—Come away. Kissy! come, come!.. Yummy-yum-yum!

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. viii. [Lestrygonians] 167 Kissed her mouth. Yum.

1942 O. Nash Good Intentions 143 And fish are only something about which some people say, ‘Yum yum, right out of the water and fried to a delicate golden brown.’

1959 ‘J. Christopher’ Scent of White Poppies iii. 40 When she had gone, Bella said: ‘Yum-yum. Really luscious.’

1962 A. Lurie Love & Friendship iii. 45 Miranda cut a piece of warm coffee cake, handed it to Emmy... ‘Oh, yum. Thank you.’

1982 S. Paretsky Indemnity Only xii. 155 ‘Lotty talked her into..making homemade enchiladas, yum-yum.’ ‘Yum-yum,’ the two little girls chorused.

1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Yummy adj.

1950 ‘S. Ransome’ Deadly Miss Ashley xii. 147 Lora's attractive face or Dorothea's yummy figure.

1955 J. P. Donleavy Ginger Man xix. 213 Sitting, facing one another across the white table. Bacon and eggs, tea, bread and butter. Yummy.

1955 H. Kurnitz Invasion of Privacy (1956) vi 47 I adore movie stars. Gregory Peck! Yummy!

1970 P. Zelver Honey Bunch xx. 96 Thanks a lot for the lemonade. It was yummy.

1979 Evening Standard 18 Sept. 23/2 Mr. Zamoyski is a handsome devil himself—such a yummy photograph on the back of the jacket.