thrum

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Hau and Thrum took an academic look at the boards of the Landesbanken and determined that board members lacked the experience to understand the risks they were buying as they ventured abroad.

From BusinessWeek • Jun. 7, 2012

Descriptions, with illustrations, of a number of heiaus are given by Mr. Thrum in the "Hawaiian Annual" for 1906 to 1910, inclusive; and his forthcoming volume will completely cover this branch of archeology.

From Archeological Investigations Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 76 by Fowke, Gerard

Thrum, thrum, v.i. to play rudely or monotonously on an instrument with the fingers.—n. a monotonous sound, as that made by unskilled fingers on a harp, &c.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Forbes's version of this story is printed in Thrum, p.

From The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai by Beckwith, Martha Warren

In Scotland there is a children's rhyme upon the purring of the cat: Dirdum drum, Three threads and a thrum; Thrum gray, thrum gray!

From Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured by Weir, Harrison