"goom" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gooms [plural]
Etymology: A dialectal variant of gum. Head templates: {{en-noun}} goom (plural gooms)
  1. (obsolete outside dialects) Alternative form of gum Tags: alt-of, alternative, dialectal, obsolete Alternative form of: gum
    Sense id: en-goom-en-noun-WdKW8gSg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} goom (uncountable)
  1. (especially Australia) methylated spirits. Tags: Australia, especially, uncountable
    Sense id: en-goom-en-noun-sAL7s~mL Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 20 6 63 5 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 49 2 45 2 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 1 55 1 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "A dialectal variant of gum.",
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          "word": "gum"
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        {
          "ref": "1738 November 24, Richard Kay, Diary",
          "text": "November 24. This Day I've spent some Time in my Closet, have been but ill to Day of Tumour in my Goom which is this Afternoon burst."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1833, Asa Greene, The Life and Adventures of Dr. Dodimus Duckworth, volume 2, page 5:",
          "text": "\"I'm cutting the goom,\" replied the student.\n\"You've got the wrong tooth,\" roared the man.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1898, The Outlook, page 69:",
          "text": "Oh, just put a little hunk on the ‘ goom ’ over the tooth. I s'pose it kind o' stim-a-lates it.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1907, William Carew Hazlitt, English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases:",
          "text": "Soon in the goom [gum], quick in the womb.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1949, Cleone N. Collins, in an article published in Tic, the journal of the Ticonium Company",
          "text": "\"And Doc will you take a look at my ‘goom’? I want my plates tight, so they won't drop or bob. Say Doc, will I be able to eat corn on the cob?\""
        },
        {
          "ref": "1973, Northwest dentistry, volume 52, page 94:",
          "text": "Why didn't you just pull it? My goom still has a sore where you put that needle.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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          "ref": "1988, Ruby Langford, Susan Hampton, Don't Take Your Love to Town, page 106:",
          "text": "I rushed to see what was wrong and I could smell metho on his breath. 'Robbie, who gave you the goom?'",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1993, Mudrooroo, The aboriginal protestors confront the declaration of the Australian Republic, in The Mudrooroo/Müller Project: A Theatrical Casebook →ISBN, page 107",
          "text": "THE BUREAUCRAT I didn't touch him; I didn't touch him. The goom's got him.\nBOB He doesn't drink, mate. His system's not up to it."
        },
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          "ref": "2000, Herb Wharton, Unbranded, →ISBN:",
          "text": "\"No, don't bother, it's only a bottle of goom.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, James Maxey, Bitterwood, →ISBN, page 181:",
          "text": "He popped the cork to unleash the powerful, musk- sharp stench of goom, a powerful alcohol distilled from wild swamp cabbage and seasoned with cayenne. […] The goom spilled all over his torso. The burning sensation wasn't unpleasant.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Kidner: \"Yeah, methylated spirits.\"",
          "ref": "2009, Chloe Hooper, Tall Man: The Death of Doomadgee, →ISBN, page 200:",
          "text": "Zillman: \"And he also had some goom, didn't he?\"",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "(especially Australia) methylated spirits."
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          "text": "November 24. This Day I've spent some Time in my Closet, have been but ill to Day of Tumour in my Goom which is this Afternoon burst."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1833, Asa Greene, The Life and Adventures of Dr. Dodimus Duckworth, volume 2, page 5:",
          "text": "\"I'm cutting the goom,\" replied the student.\n\"You've got the wrong tooth,\" roared the man.",
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        },
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        },
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          "text": "Soon in the goom [gum], quick in the womb.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1949, Cleone N. Collins, in an article published in Tic, the journal of the Ticonium Company",
          "text": "\"And Doc will you take a look at my ‘goom’? I want my plates tight, so they won't drop or bob. Say Doc, will I be able to eat corn on the cob?\""
        },
        {
          "ref": "1973, Northwest dentistry, volume 52, page 94:",
          "text": "Why didn't you just pull it? My goom still has a sore where you put that needle.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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          "text": "I rushed to see what was wrong and I could smell metho on his breath. 'Robbie, who gave you the goom?'",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1993, Mudrooroo, The aboriginal protestors confront the declaration of the Australian Republic, in The Mudrooroo/Müller Project: A Theatrical Casebook →ISBN, page 107",
          "text": "THE BUREAUCRAT I didn't touch him; I didn't touch him. The goom's got him.\nBOB He doesn't drink, mate. His system's not up to it."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2000, Herb Wharton, Unbranded, →ISBN:",
          "text": "\"No, don't bother, it's only a bottle of goom.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, James Maxey, Bitterwood, →ISBN, page 181:",
          "text": "He popped the cork to unleash the powerful, musk- sharp stench of goom, a powerful alcohol distilled from wild swamp cabbage and seasoned with cayenne. […] The goom spilled all over his torso. The burning sensation wasn't unpleasant.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
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          "english": "Kidner: \"Yeah, methylated spirits.\"",
          "ref": "2009, Chloe Hooper, Tall Man: The Death of Doomadgee, →ISBN, page 200:",
          "text": "Zillman: \"And he also had some goom, didn't he?\"",
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