Gommy, subs. (old).—1. A dandy. Fr., gommeux. [Anglo-Saxon, guma = a man; a person: gomme = gommer = gammer. Cf., Gomus. Beaumont has gom = a man.]
2. (colloquial).—See quot.
1883. Weekly Dispatch, 11 Mar., p. 7, c. 4. There has recently been considerable debate as to the meaning of the term gommie. It is very simple. A gommie is one who calls Mr. Gladstone a G.O.M. [Grand Old Man], and thinks he has made a good joke.
3. (colloquial).—A fool. For synonyms, see Buffle and Cabbage-head.
Gomus, subs. (Irish).—A fool. For synonyms, see Buffle and Cabbage-head.
Gondola, subs. (American).—1. A railway platform car, sideless or low-sided. Also a flat-bottomed boat.
Gondola of London, subs. phr. (common).—A hansom cab; a shoful (q.v.). [The description is Lord Beaconsfield’s.]
Gone, adj. (colloquial).—1. Ruined; totally undone. Also, adv., an expression of completeness, e.g., Gone beaver, corbie, coon, gander, or goose = a man or an event past praying for: Cf., Go up and Go down.
1604. Shakspeare, Winter’s Tale, iv., 3. He must know ’tis none of your daughter nor my sister; we are gone else. [[176]]
1843–4. Haliburton, Sam Slick in England, ch. xviii. If a bear comes after you, Sam, you must be up and doin’, or it’s a gone goose with you.