goom
noun1
Australia, Especially methylated spirits.
- I rushed to see what was wrong and I could smell metho on his breath. 'Robbie, who gave you the goom?'1988, Ruby Langford, Susan Hampton, Don't Take Your Love to Town, page 106:
- THE BUREAUCRAT I didn't touch him; I didn't touch him. The goom's got him. BOB He doesn't drink, mate. His system's not up to it.1993, Mudrooroo, The aboriginal protestors confront the declaration of the Australian Republic, in The Mudrooroo/Müller Project: A Theatrical Casebook →ISBN, page 107
3 more examples
- "No, don't bother, it's only a bottle of goom."2000, Herb Wharton, Unbranded, →ISBN:
- He popped the cork to unleash the powerful, musk- sharp stench of goom, a powerful alcohol distilled from wild swamp cabbage and seasoned with cayenne. […] The goom spilled all over his torso. The burning sensation wasn't unpleasant.2007, James Maxey, Bitterwood, →ISBN, page 181:
- Zillman: "And he also had some goom, didn't he?"2009, Chloe Hooper, Tall Man: The Death of Doomadgee, →ISBN, page 200: