2. Noun. (plural of gomer) ¹
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Definition of Gomers
1. gomer [n] - See also: gomer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gomers
Literary usage of Gomers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of John Donne: With a Memoir of His Life by John Donne (1839)
"... and crust that honied dew into manna, and multiply that manna into gomers,
and fill those gomers every day, and give every particular man his gomer, ..."
2. The Constitutional History of England from the Accession of Henry VII. to by Henry Hallam (1876)
"... perhaps Mr. Harley'sl Vindication of the Rights of the Commons of England,
1701, gomers Tracte, xi., 276, the constitutional doctrine is thus laid down, ..."
3. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"gomers (Winchester College), an abbreviation of "go homers," the clothes college "
men " wear when going home instead of gowns. In the old days "go- men and ..."
4. The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England by John Campbell Campbell (1846)
"I know not how practicable it is, but I gomers on told him 1 would communicate
it to you if 1 had the ..."
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