Need this for a short story I am reading for class called "A Rose in the Heart of New York." I have a basic idea contextually, but I'd prefer an exact translation into standard American or British English, instead of slang.
2007-10-10 12:12:19 · 4 answers · asked by bookwormgalst 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I'm not sure that it is quite an idiom. Séan Beecher's "A Dictionary of Cork Slang" lists 'gom' as meaning "a foolish person" in Hiberno-English (or Irish-English) while 'a mouthful of gobs' is "a person with large teeth." Gobs in the context you're speaking of might be just a shortened form of "mouthful of gobs." Please see web link below:
http://www.corkslang.com/g.html
So it might have a meaning similar to "fools and clowns ( jerks, bozos etc.)" in American English.
2007-10-10 17:19:23 · answer #1 · answered by Brennus 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Goms Meaning
2017-01-14 14:54:39 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were two rival gangs in shannon, it generally means ruffians.
2007-10-10 12:14:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh get a life idiot havent u ever heard of a dictionary or what dum idiot im 12 and i even know that
2007-10-10 12:15:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋