"Fum" Quotes from Famous Books
... had seen Webby, he would not have laughed. Webby, watching the old familiar earth drop away, felt exalted; he felt as though he had suddenly become a creature of some finer, rarer place. When Webby told about it next day, he said, "I felt like I was a chicken just hatched fum out an aig," but Webby said that because words were hard things and difficult to handle. He really thought of angels and made up his mind then and there to be a ... — Battling the Clouds - or, For a Comrade's Honor • Captain Frank Cobb
... Fee, faw, fum! bubble and squeak! Blessedest Thursday's the fat of the week. Rumble and tumble, sleek and rough, Stinking and savoury, smug and gruff, Take the church-road, for the bell's due chime Gives us ... — Dramatic Romances • Robert Browning
... not at home, and, what is more, I do not mean to be. My uncle will be here directly," she added, in a fee-faw-fum tone. ... — The Clever Woman of the Family • Charlotte M. Yonge
... at night, Him give me ring and kisses; Nine months, one picaniny white, Him white almost like missis. But missis fum my back wid switch, Him say de shild for massa; But ... — Tom Cringle's Log • Michael Scott |