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Gaumy means (US and UK, dialects) Sticky; smeared with something sticky..
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[ˈɡɔː.mi] · adjective
(US and UK, dialects) Sticky; smeared with something sticky..
The narrow, dark stairs are gaumy with paste, and everywhere open barrels of the mixture gave out the sickening, sour odor that is always in the nostrils of the workers.
And Fothergil Finch, rather gaumy With Cosmic cosmetics, was there, But the Swami went just as the Swami, After oiling the kinks in his hair. I said to Hermione: "Goddess! You're graceful, you're Greek, you're a rose, […]"
Far from being gaumy with pitch, they looked rather remarkably smooth and well manicured.
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Gaumy means (US and UK, dialects) Sticky; smeared with something sticky..
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The narrow, dark stairs are gaumy with paste, and everywhere open barrels of the mixture gave out the sickening, sour odor that is always in the nostrils of the workers.
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