chum

Example Sentences

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He landed the role of Marty’s chum Dion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

"The next morning, it was clear that Maxwell had conferred with her royal chum because she told me: 'You did well. The prince had fun.'"

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2025

When reporting out his story, I contacted Stern, the filmmaker and old prep school chum who made The Preppy Murder.

From Slate • Oct. 13, 2025

But instead of provocatively pursuing that unholy bond, the director only finds chum.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2025

Kali and Janaki between them had to show me how to milk the goat, how to plant seed, how to chum butter from milk, and how to mull rice.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya