What does gom mean?
Gom means (Ireland) A foolish person..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(Ireland) A foolish person..
“ Ye don’t how how to dhrive a mothor car ! ” shouted Miles, losing his temper completely. “ What a gom ye are ! ”
Fluther: ... You must think Fluther's a right gom.
And that's the why I made up my mind to go out to Willie Hill's. To stand my ground in front of that little minx. Because I felt, to tell the God's truth, that little Lorna Lovegrove, out in Willie Hill's, was making a right gom out of me.
He had a sinking feeling that he'd made a right gom of himself, hanging onto her until the last before she departed […]
"Yeah! She's a right gom! Sister Eleanor probably got her an old-age pensioner to keep her company for the Christmas!"
ev'y toof in his jaws gwine come bustin' thu his goms widout nair' a ache er a pain ter let him know dey's dar.
There's a Lad, too, from York— but tho' he's a strange elf, / By gom! I respect him as much as myself,
O dang it, Roger, did 'e ever see sich a sight afore? My gom! what a glorious lumination like! My goles! what a mort of gentry-folk!
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Gom means (Ireland) A foolish person..
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“ Ye don’t how how to dhrive a mothor car ! ” shouted Miles, losing his temper completely. “ What a gom ye are ! ”
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