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Usage examples of "balum".
De dream say let Balum inves' de ten cents en he'd make a raise for me.
Well, Balum he tuck de money, en when he wuz in church he hear de preacher say dat whoever give to de po' len' to de Lord, en boun' to git his money back a hund'd times.
So Balum he tuck en give de ten cents to de po', en laid low to see what wuz gwyne to come of it.
It reminded her of the growl of a fierce lexa beast when it resented the tameness that befell it when offered a balum fruit.
He didn't think he was going to like being stared at as if he were a ripe balum fruit.
The oval-shaped, sweet balums were believed to endow one with prolonged physical stamina.
Green reached over to Kibbee and gave her Kloo a sweet piece of balum fruit from her sack.