jomer n.
a girlfriend, the antonym of blower n.1
Dict. of the Flash or Cant Lang. 163/2: Jomer – a fancy girl, – term of friendship, as opposed to blower. | ||
Mysteries of London III 66/1: His jomen [sic] Mutton-Face Sal [...] stalled. | ||
Kendal Mercury 3 Apr. 6/2: A spicey moll [...] to whom he swears [...] ‘that should she think proper to become his “jo-man” ’ (left handed wife), she shall never be minus ‘the first scran (food) on the pad, and plenty of lush (drink) when she wants it ’. | ||
Kendal Mercury 3 Apr. 6/2: Should she think proper to become his ‘joman’ (left-handed wife), she shall never be left minus ‘the first scran (food) on the pad, and plenty of lush (drink) when she wants it’. | ||
Vulgar Tongue 38: I buzzed a bloak and a shakester of a reader and a skin. My jomer stalled. | ||
Snowden’s [...] Magistrates Assistant 107: His ‘jomer’ or fancy girl was also tried. | ||
Derbyshire Courier 12 Dec. 7/1: Local Flash language [...] jomer — a fancy girl. | ||
Newcastle Courant 16 Sept. 6/5: Don’t know where Nat and Sam are, but Sam’s jomer is sliding to —. | ||
Sydney Sl. Dict. 9/2: I pinched a swell of a fawney and fenced it for a double finnip and a cooter. My jomer stalled. I robbed a gentleman of a ring and sold it for a ten-pound note and a sovereign. My girl watched. | ||
Police! 320: A woman ... A molt, finger, smilto, stuffy, Jomer. | ||
Aus. Sl. Dict. 40: Jomer, a mistress; a female companion of thieves. |