Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
goom . - noun See
gum .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Prov. Eng. The black grease on the axle of a cart or wagon wheel; -- called also
gorm . Seegorm . - noun obsolete A man.
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- noun Alternative form of
goom . - noun UK, dialect
axle grease ;gorm
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Examples
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Blimey, I guess when people gripe, they gripe to thier superiors, this one has gome all the way to ‘McNumpty’
They Don’t Like It Up ‘Em! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2007
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My position was always agree to revote in MI & FL ASAP so it didn't gome down to this travesty.
Wolfson: Even If Florida And Michigan Aren't Seated, An Obama Victory Would Be Legit 2009
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The Problem with having an efficient killing machine such as the Marines is what to do with them when the tour of duty is over, or they go gome for some other reason.
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On the whole a guttural variant of English prevailed in the sentences that alighted upon the balloon; chiefly he was told to “gome down or you will be shot.”
The War in the Air Herbert George 2006
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Pat Burrell had a run-scoring double in the fourth and Shawn Wooten singled gome a run in the seventh.
USATODAY.com 2004
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I mixed sweet rice mochi gome with regular rice in a 1:1 ratio, added shiitake slivers and grated ginger, and cooked the rice in a shiitake broth.
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It is extra-sticky and the Japanese call it 'mochi gome' or 'rice cake rice', since it's so glutenous that it is the rice of choice when making mochi.
April 2005 2005
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I mixed sweet rice mochi gome with regular rice in a 1:1 ratio, added shiitake slivers and grated ginger, and cooked the rice in a shiitake broth.
Archive 2005-10-01 2005
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Just like a sakuramochi, inside the fragrant cherry leaf was a ball of mochi-gome, the super sticky rice that the Chinese and the Vietnamese in the Bay Area call 'Sweet Rice'.
Spa and Kaiseki: the ultimate Japanese luxury - Part II 2005
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It is extra-sticky and the Japanese call it 'mochi gome' or 'rice cake rice', since it's so glutenous that it is the rice of choice when making mochi.
Archive 2005-04-01 2005
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