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gaum

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[gawm, gahm] / gɔm, gɑm /
Also gorm

verb (used with object)

Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S.

  1. to smear or cover with a gummy, sticky substance (often followed byup ).

    My clothes were gaumed up from that axle grease.

Etymology

Origin of gaum

1790–1800; also British dial.; of uncertain origin

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The innocent gaum O'Casey woke up with a bump to find that most people were clay after all.

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