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In some senses, gomer is marked as archaic, derogatory, slang, informal, historical. Watch for register when choosing this word.
gomer
noun 11name 2
Collocations
4VERB + GOMER
become, total, use
GOMER + NOUN
brass, chambers, magog, mortars, turf
PREP.
in
ADV.
such
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noun
1
Alternative form of gomer.
noun
1
Alternative form of omer: a former Hebrew unit of dry volume equal to about 2.3 L or 2.1 quarts.
On the morrow, the 16th, after having offered to God the homer, they began eating the corn of the country; and the 17th the manna ceased to fall from heaven. What supports this calculation is, that the gomer, or sheaf, was offered the 16th of Nisan, in broad day-light, though pretty late.
noun
1
A conical chamber at the breech of the bore in heavy ordnance, especially in mortars.
[Table] of dimensions of howitzers, stone and Gomer mortars, vol. 1. p. 250.
All iron mortars now in use have gomer chambers and brass ones conical.
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On the morrow, the 16th, after having offered to God the homer, they began eating the corn of the country; and the 17th the manna ceased to fall from heaven. What supports this calculation is, that th
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[Table] of dimensions of howitzers, stone and Gomer mortars, vol. 1. p. 250.
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All iron mortars now in use have gomer chambers and brass ones conical.
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“Lordy Jeezus,” he said out loud. When did he become such a gomer?
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Okay, you wanted to go to the Big Apple, but didn't want to sit in traffic or feel like a country hic, as you stare up at all 'dem big buildins'. Try Universal Studios Florida's version of New York, w
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Everyone will have to guess who I want to dance with tonight, I thought. I'm not giving myself away to this bunch of gomers. That would be way too embarrassing.
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