"goomah" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: goomahs [plural]
Etymology: From Italian comare (“godmother”); popularised by Italians in America. Etymology templates: {{der|en|it|comare||godmother}} Italian comare (“godmother”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} goomah (plural goomahs)
  1. (Italian-American slang) A mistress.
    Sense id: en-goomah-en-noun-Y68JusnM
  2. (slang) The mistress of a Mafioso. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-goomah-en-noun-wGyYfwmb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 99 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 95 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: goomar

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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