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gor-amity|gɒrəˈmaɪtɪ|
Also garamity.
In representations of Negro speech, representing God almighty.
1834T. Wentworth West India Sketch Bk. II. 16 Da kow no hab no tail, Gor-a-mity brush fry [= if a cow has no tail, God Almighty brushes the flies]. 1835Tough Yarns 158 Gor Amighty send rain,—Gor Amighty send sun: but Gor Amighty send poor nigger too. 1837United Service Jrnl. June 209 Goramity, whar for dem nigger makee me wait? Ibid. 211 Tank Garamity,..me hab de felicity to find my massa. 1891Strand Mag. Oct. 77/1 I'm the gorramighty of the Biddy McDougal. |