1740 H. Bracken (ed. 2) II. vi. 172 There are some gummy-leg'd Horse very apt to the Grease and Scratches.
1849 D. Campbell 272 The acid thrown down by ammonia, ignited, is in gummy-like masses.
1911 R. Brooke 33 Oft she weeps, gummy-eyed and impotent.
1960 C. Day Lewis viii. 162 Stumbling out of the cinema, gummy-eyed from an afternoon's session with Greta Garbo.