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be⋅gombed

  [bi-gawmd]
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–adjective Ocracoke Island.
smudged and sticky; soiled, usually with sticky residue.
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be·gombed   (bĭ-gômd')   
adj.   Ocracoke Island, North Carolina
Smudged or sticky. See Note at Ocracoke Island.

[Probably from alteration of *begome, to smudge, smear : be- + obsolete gome, grease; see gaum.]
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