Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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FUM, n.2 A disagreeable smell (Edb. 1898 J. Baillie Walter Crighton, Gl.; m.Lth., Dmf. 1953). [fʌm]
[Prob. ad. the rhyme in the nursery story of Jack the Giant-Killer, “Fe, fi, fo, fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman,” with influence from Funk.]
