smokum

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== English == === Etymology === From smoke + -um. === Verb === smokum (dated, humorous) To smoke. ==== Usage notes ==== Part of the limited vocabulary used in the synthetic language apparently intended to illustrate language difficulties between Native Americans and the European colonists. This limited vocabulary is part of a stereotype that could be viewed as derogatorily portraying Native Americans, and particularly used in the context of smoking a peace pipe.