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HUM-Drums, or Hums,

a Society of Gentlemen, who meet near the Charter-House, or at the King's Head in St. John's Street. Less of Mystery, and more of Pleasantry than the Free Masons.

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Entry taken from 1736 Canting Dictionary, by Nathan Bailey.

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HUED
A HUFF
HULVER head
HUM-Box
HUM-Cap
HUM-Drums
HUMMING Liquor
HUMMER
HUMMUMS
HUMPTEY-Dumptey
HUMS

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The Vulgar Tongue originally collected by Grose, 1811.

Also see examples in Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes collected by John S. Farmer (1896).