hummum

Example Sentences

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The last thing Hadj Mukhtar Hilalli showed us was his hummum, cunningly arranged to flank the kitchen fire at the back.

From In the Tail of the Peacock by Savory, Isabel

I returned to Pera to take the hummum or bath, the one there being very clean, quiet, and well managed.

From Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833 by Auldjo, John

The kitchen also and the hummum are always on the ground floor.

From In the Tail of the Peacock by Savory, Isabel