goomy
/ˈɡuːmi
/ /ˈɡʊmi /noun (plural goomies) Australian informal
A person addicted to drinking methylated spirits: he was sleeping in parks and drinking with the goomies...
- They were dispossessed fringe-dwelling goomies.
- There were mobs of homeless goomies, black and white, scrounging in garbage bins.
- They had open house for goomies.
Origin
1970s: from goom + -y2.
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