gomer

[ goh-mer ]

nounSlang.
  1. an undesirable hospital patient.

  2. an enemy aviator, especially in a dogfight.

Origin of gomer

1
First recorded in 1965–70; from Gomer Pyle, a character in the Andy Griffith Show (1960-71), or the show Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1964–69 )

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How to use gomer in a sentence

  • Late in the afternoon they gave me up as bad medicine and rode away toward Gomers hill, where they killed a Mexican boy.

    Thirty Years on the Frontier | Robert McReynolds