Meaning of gormy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Awkward, clumsy, klutzy, ungainly.
   British, New-England, Northern-England, US, not-comparable
2. Alternative spelling of gaumy (“sticky, smeared with something sticky; grimy”).
   British, Southern-US, US, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable

Examples

“And not always with finesse — the Lombard clanked and churned, and a man who is like⟳ a regular Lombard may be a bit gormy and sometimes apply⟳ brute strength when he might do the work⟳ easier if he'd stop⟳ and think⟳ a little.”

“Kimball was never one to argue⟳ with a comrade's eyes and ears, not even those of a gormy jeezer like⟳ Connolly.”

“The Killian boy was carrying a chair, and making difficulties with it; he was what old-time Yankees would have⟳ called "a gormy lad."”

“Just the sort⟳ of place⟳ gormy Eugene would pick⟳ to hold⟳ a family get-together.”

“The first thing you have⟳ got to do is to wash⟳ them gormy 'ands [...]”

“When I bought my tamarinds I eat⟳ one or two and then discovered that I had left my handkerchief at home, my hands were a little gormy, so I washed them in Frog Pond.”

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