E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Thrums.
Weaver’s ends and fagends of carpet, used for common rugs. (The word is common to many languages, as Icelandic, thraum; German, trumm;
Dutch, drom; Greek, thrumma; all meaning “fag-ends” or “fragments.”)
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“Come, sisters, come, cut thread and thrum;
Quàil, crush, conclude, and queil!”
Shakespeare: Midsummer Night’s Dream, v. 1.
Thread and thrum. Everything, good and bad together.
