10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GOMERIL»
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A Bibliography of English Etymology
1916: 131 gomer1 a dish; clothes for 'going home in' J.s.C. 1891 gomer2 fool see
also gomeril in supplement 3: Celtic Algeo,John, and Adele Algeo. 1989: 153-4
gomer3 a frequent hospital patient (slang) Algeo,John, and Adele Algeo.
Anatoly Liberman, Ari Hoptman, Nathan E. Carlson,
2010
2
Heiress of the Blackburnfoot
Much I say, for the possessor is apt to be what we in Scotland call a "gomeril."
Dear English reader, how can I translate? A "goose" is far too strong. She so
thoroughly believes in all her own opinions, and her own ways, yet she may any
day so ...
3
Blackwood's standard novels
Women greeting, oaths on saul and conscience, a regular petition frae that
gomeril of a Depute, (that I should say sae !) that ramstam gomeril. — If I had
been in his place, I can tell you I would have seen them far eneugh or I would
have — But ...
Blackwood William and sons,
1843
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Catriona (Illustrated):
Thesamefaithful gomeril is to despatch this letter by the express alongwiththose
of the wiseacres, so that you may hear Tom Fool in company withSolomon.
Talking of gomerils, do tellDauvit Balfour.I would I could seethe faceof himatthe ...
Robert Louis Stevenson,
2014
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Some Passages in the Life of Mr. Adam Blair: And, The ...
Women greeting, oaths on saul and conscience, a regular petition frae that
gomeril of a Depute, (that I should say sae !) that ramstam gomeril. — If I had
been in his place, I can tell you I would have seen them far eneugh or I would
have — But ...
John Gibson Lockhart,
1846
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The Adventures of David Balfour (Fully Illustrated):
Thesamefaithful gomeril is to despatch this letter by the express alongwiththose
of the wiseacres, so that you may hear Tom Fool in company withSolomon.
Talking of gomerils, do tellDauvit Balfour.I would I could seethe faceof himatthe ...
Robert Louis Stevenson,
2014
7
Sketches New and Old, Illustrated, V1
will admit I can be political when I please. The same faithful gomeril is to
despatch this letter by the express along with those of the wiseacres, so that you
may hear Tom Fool in company with Solomon. Talking of gomerils, do tell Dauvit
Balfour.
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The History of Matthew Wald
Women greeting, oaths on saul and conscience, a regular petition frae that
gomeril of a Depute, (that I should say sae !) that ramstam gomeril. — If I had
been in his place, I can tell you I would have seen them far eneugh or I would
have — But ...
John Gibson Lockhart,
1824
Sure why would the likes of the two of us go arguing about a gomeril. Pearse
Now you cry off and me ready to go out and meet you? Never mind. You're
perfectly right. He is a gomeril. Máirtín He is he is, and a common one. You know
what he ...
Sydney Bernard Smith,
2007
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The English dialect dictionary, being the complete ...
GOMERIL. see Gambrel. sb.' GOMERILIL. sb. Sc. lrel. th. Cum. Yks. Lan. Chs. Lin.
Lei.\Var. \\'or. e.An. Also written gomeralll Sc. lr. Lan.I n.Lan.'Chs. ; gomerel ne.
Lan.l ; gommeral Sc.; gommerel l\'hb.l n.Yks.' e.An.I : gommeril l\'hb. n.Yks.2 Chs.l
...
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GOMERIL»
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Karl Miller, founding editor of London Review of Books, dies at 83
... and braw and auld and lug and cowp and gomeril”, and of how “these sprinklings remind us and him of his origins, from which he has strayed ... «The Guardian, Sep 14»
Anne Donovan: 'The wonders of Scots Thesaurus brought me closer …
The abundance of insults – dowfie, gomeril and blumf, for example – reflects a culture which is unconcerned about causing low self-esteem. «The Independent, May 14»
inFamous: Second Son - New Trailer from Gamescom 2013
... Slipper-Wielding, Clype-Dreep-Bachle, Gether-Uping-Blate-Maw, Bleathering, Gomeril, Jessie, Oaf-Looking, Scooner, Nyaff, Plookie, Shan, ... «YouTube, Aug 13»