becoomed
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becoomed (comparative more becoomed, superlative most becoomed)
- (archaic) Covered in soot or grease.
- 1833, John Kennedy, Geordie Chalmers; or, the Law in Glenbuckie, page 205:
- […] becoomed wi' the gum o' the coal-hill […]
- 1882, The Pall Mall Budget, page 10:
- The first brought forward was a man in the garb of a ship's fireman, all becoomed and besmoked. He was operated upon with a razor about 2 ft. long, and lathered with paste, which was not confined to the chin, but applied liberally to the face and head, […]