Toomer

[too-mer]

noun

Jean,1894–1967, U.S. writer.

toom

[toom]Scot. and North England

adjective

empty; vacant.

verb (used with object)

to empty or drain (a vessel), especially by drinking the contents.

Origin of toom

before 900; Middle English tome (adj.), Old English tōm; cognate with Old Norse tōmr

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Historical Examples of toomer

Toomer, the under-keeper, went with him to the place, accompanied by a bloodhound.
Anecdotes of Dogs
Edward Jesse
"Then he wouldn't be a rich man like that," said Mr. Toomer.
The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman
H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Mrs. Toomer's got influenza again—luckily, so of course we shall be just twelve.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, January 21, 1893
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