adj. (old).—Choked; strangled; spoilt.

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  1671.  R. HEAD, The English Rogue, Pt. I., ch. v., 49 (1874). FRUMMAGEM, Choakt.

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  1724.  E. COLES, English Dictionary. FRUMMAGAM, c. choaked.

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  1785.  GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v. Choaked, strangled, or hanged. Cant.

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  1815.  SCOTT, Guy Mannering, ch. xxviii. ‘If I had not helped you with these very fambles (holding up her hands), Jean Baillie would have FRUMMAGEM’D you, ye feckless do-little!’

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  1819.  T. MOORE, Tom Crib’s Memorial to Congress, p. 21. There he lay, almost FRUMMAGEM’D.

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