gomeril
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of gomeril
C19: of uncertain origin
Example Sentences
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Carlyle describes him as talking and behaving like a "gomeril," and amusing the town by walking about in a huge gray plaid, which was supposed to be an advertisement, suggested by his publisher.
From Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 by George Saintsbury
And she shoved him away from her for a foolish gomeril, trying not to smile at him, and declaring it was little he cared that he was leaving her, indeed.
From The End of the Rainbow by Mary Esther Miller MacGregor
He'd rather get the better o' Graeme in an argyment as settle wi' him over twenty sons, the ould gomeril.
From The Turn of the Road A Play in Two Scenes and an Epilogue by Rutherford Mayne
As if I mattered a tup's head, the silly gomeril, bless him!
From The Yeoman Adventurer by George W. Gough
But I think a man would be a gomeril that didna give his attention to the same.”
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
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