DCHP-3

chum ((2))

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

This entry may contain outdated or offensive information, terms, and examples.

n.

one of two men who join forces on the trail or in the bush, as two trappers who always work together.

See: chummie

Quotations

1883
And so the trapper has always to be on guard as to his fur property, both about his camp and in the traps--hence the "chum" business. They always trap in couples.
1925
It might be that his chum was working down that side of ridge. . . .