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noun

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The correct spelling is gomer. A former small Hebrew unit of dry volume equal to about 2.3 L or 2.1 quarts. For example: "That patient is a total GOMER. Turf him and let's get some lunch."

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That patient is a total GOMER. Turf him and let's get some lunch.

Definition

noun

  1. 1.A former small Hebrew unit of dry volume equal to about 2.3 L or 2.1 quarts.
  2. 2.A vessel of one omer.
  3. 3.The sheaf of barley offered on the second day of Passover.
  4. 4.The counting of the omer, that is, the period of 49 days between Passover and Shavuot.
  5. 5.A conical chamber at the breech of the bore in heavy ordnance, especially in mortars.

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