Definitions
adv. Barely, scarcely.
Example Sentences
"He was koym able to get into that university with his bad grades in high-school."
Languages of Origin
- Yiddish
Etymology
קױם koym
- Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
- Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage
- North America
- Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
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Alternative Spellings
koim, kam, kom
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