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▪ I. † gom1 Obs.
Also 5 gome, 7 gomme.
[? Abbreviation of *gommer (cf. gammer) = god-mother. Cf. goff.]
= cummer.
1483Cath. Angl. 161/2 A Gome; vbi a godmoder. c1610Middleton etc. Widow i. ii, Ric. Lady, well met. Fra. I doe not think so Sir. Ric. A scornfull Gom..my Widow never gave me such an answer. 1611Cotgr., Commere,.. a gomme. 1673Yorksh. Dial. 5 (E.D.S. No. 76) Wyah, Gom, I'se gea. Ibid. 70 Wyah, Gom Green.
▪ II. † gom2 Obs. rare—1.
[? var. of gong n.]
? = gong n. 1.
1694Narborough Voy. i. 133 The play..was much like that of a Jews-Trump, or little Gom.
▪ III. gom3 dial.|gɒm|
Also goms.
[Deformation of god. Cf. by gum.]
In phr. by gom(s = by God.
1806Bloomfield Wild Flowers 39 By gom we women fell a clacking. 1839C. Clark J. Noakes & Mary Styles 50 (E.D.S. No. 76), But oft, by gom! when we've bin there, It seem'd amos' to drizzle. 1840Spurden Suppl. to Forby's Voc. E. Anglia 63 Goms! By Goms.
▪ IV. gom4 Ireland.|gɒm|
Also gaum.
[Cf. Ir. gamal stupid-looking person.]
A poor silly fellow.
1834S. Lover Leg. Irel. 2nd Ser. 241 Do you think me sitch a gom, all out, as to put me off wid four pence ha'pny. a1849J. Keegan Leg. & Poems (1907) 114 ‘By gor, you are no gom,’ said Biddy. 1870P. Kennedy Fireside Stories Ireland 29 (E.D.D.), You were a gaum before you went to travel, and you are a gaum after it. 1894E. McNulty Misther O'Ryan xiv. 150 But, shure, I cudn't kape quiet an' see him standin' there purtindin' to be a gaum. 1928D. Byrne Destiny Bay i. §2. 11 You big, thick-footed, herring-fed Southern gom! 1970M. Kenyon 100,000 Welcomes iv. 24 Corrigan's a gom. This one has breeding. |