goom

plural gooms

1. alternativedialectalobsoleteAlternative form of gum.

   Soon in the goom [gum], quick in the womb.

   1907, William Carew Hazlitt, English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases

   5 more examples

   November 24. This Day I've spent some Time in my Closet, have been but ill to Day of Tumour in my Goom which is this Afternoon burst.

   1738 November 24, Richard Kay, Diary

   "I'm cutting the goom," replied the student. "You've got the wrong tooth," roared the man.

   1833, Asa Greene, The Life and Adventures of Dr. Dodimus Duckworth, volume 2, page 5

   Oh, just put a little hunk on the ‘ goom ’ over the tooth. I s'pose it kind o' stim-a-lates it."

   1898, The Outlook, page 69

   "And Doc will you take a look at my ‘goom’? I want my plates tight, so they won't drop or bob. Say Doc, will I be able to eat corn on the cob?"

   1949, Cleone N. Collins, in an article published in Tic, the journal of the Ticonium Company

   Why didn't you just pull it? My goom still has a sore where you put that needle.

   1973, Northwest dentistry, volume 52, page 94

1. Australiaespeciallyuncountablemethylated spirits.

   "No, don't bother, it's only a bottle of goom."

   2000, Herb Wharton, Unbranded, →ISBN

   4 more examples

   I rushed to see what was wrong and I could smell metho on his breath. 'Robbie, who gave you the goom?'

   1988, Ruby Langford, Susan Hampton, Don't Take Your Love to Town, page 106

   THE BUREAUCRAT I didn't touch him; I didn't touch him. The goom's got him. BOB He doesn't drink, mate. His system's not up to it.

   1993, Mudrooroo, The aboriginal protestors confront the declaration of the Australian Republic, in The Mudrooroo/Müller Project: A Theatrical Casebook →ISBN, page 107

   He popped the cork to unleash the powerful, musk- sharp stench of goom, a powerful alcohol distilled from wild swamp cabbage and seasoned with cayenne. […] The goom spilled all over his torso. The burning sensation wasn't unpleasant.

   2007, James Maxey, Bitterwood, →ISBN, page 181

   Zillman: "And he also had some goom, didn't he?"

   Kidner: "Yeah, methylated spirits."

   2009, Chloe Hooper, Tall Man: The Death of Doomadgee, →ISBN, page 200