: along with being : and
—used to form usually hyphenated phrases
… he is a credible mining camp elder-cum-publican.—
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw… Christian and Christian-cum-voodoo churches …—David Binder
David Binderoften vulgar, less common spelling of come entry 1 sense 2j, come entry 2
cumulative
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
This second creation was about pushing further his exploration of sapphire initiated with last year’s Droplet pocket watch-cum-desk clock.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2025
The space, which was once a closet and then a bedroom, became a multipurpose bathing room-cum-library.
—Leonora Epstein, Architectural Digest, 1 Oct. 2025
Considering the show’s audience, the decision to turn the story of 1066 into a family melodrama-cum-colonial parable starts to make sense.
—Will Collins, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025
Nearly a decade later, the Whites and that presidential speechwriter-cum-screenwriter, Patrick Cunnane, are heading to TIFF with the A24 feature Eternity.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
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Noun
In Jodie Foster’s satire-cum-thriller, George Clooney plays a Jim Cramer-ish TV finance guru whose bullish promotion of one stock has led desperate prole Jack O’Connell to lose his life savings, leading to a hostage standoff in the TV studio.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
This second creation was about pushing further his exploration of sapphire initiated with last year’s Droplet pocket watch-cum-desk clock.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2025
The space, which was once a closet and then a bedroom, became a multipurpose bathing room-cum-library.
—Leonora Epstein, Architectural Digest, 1 Oct. 2025
Considering the show’s audience, the decision to turn the story of 1066 into a family melodrama-cum-colonial parable starts to make sense.
—Will Collins, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025
Nearly a decade later, the Whites and that presidential speechwriter-cum-screenwriter, Patrick Cunnane, are heading to TIFF with the A24 feature Eternity.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Cum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cum. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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