"Ye're maybe the most stubborn gomerel between here and Aberdeen, no?"

The trap door in the kitchen, ye gomerel.

Nay, of course not, nor the whole street staring, ye crack-brained gomerel.

'Ye'd better put these back, ye auld gomerel, he said rudely.

'Because I do love ye, for all you're a thick-headed, slackwitted, lack-brained gomerel.

Sir Wat said, "Ye gomerel: if that's right, why the devil didn't you watch that first letter?

"So there ye are, ye hell-tarnished gomerel!"

"He's ashamed, the wee French gomerel," Marsali said matter-of-factly, confirming my supposition.

"I merely pointed out-" "That boy," bellowed Sir Wat, "was a shilpit, shiftless, shilly-shallying gomerel before he met up with Francis Crawford.