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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Mum, Mumm, n.2 [Late e.m.E. mum (1640), e.m.Du. mom(me, mumme, Germ. mumme.] Mum, the Brunswick beer. Also attrib. —1661 The Work Goes Bonnely On 8.
For a … rudgelt of Dunkel aquavitae and a rumpkine of Brunswick mum 1671 Lauder Jrnl. 262. 1687 Sc. Ant. VIII. 155. 1690 Edinb. B. Rec. XII. 26.
[12 d. upon each pint of] mumm [and other foreign beer and ale] 1691 Brechin Test. VIII. 33 b, 35 b. —1685 Soc. Ant. LVIII. 358.
2 mum glasses, 9 wyne glasses
