Aw wor gaumless, a chap will get gaumless sometimes. From Wordnik.com. [Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect] Reference
Yon were gaumless words, and bitter did I rue iver having spokken 'em. From Wordnik.com. [More Tales of the Ridings] Reference
"A'a! gaumless! tha's been having summat to sup this afternooin, aw can see," said his wife. From Wordnik.com. [Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley] Reference
"They say he's no good at anything -- a harmless mafflin; he was a long gaumless gawky when he went awa," said Richard Turnbull. From Wordnik.com. [J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 3] Reference
But aitin soa mich o 'one sooart o' stuff seemed to have a strange-effect o'th 'childer, for they fair seem'd to grow gaumless an' th 'hair o' ther heead stood up like a caah toppin, an 'Dawdles hissen wor terrified if one on 'em complained ov a pain i' ther heead, for fear th 'horns should be buddin'. From Wordnik.com. [Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley] Reference
Sucksmith wor reight gaumless for a while, but he says, "What is ther to laff at?. From Wordnik.com. [Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley] Reference
"A'a, tha gurt gaumless fooil!" sed his hont, "couldn't ta see a cat an 'three kittens?. From Wordnik.com. [Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley] Reference
"Aw dooant say onny fellies has been; -- tha should know th 'best, but awm nawther blind nor gaumless. From Wordnik.com. [Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley] Reference
Aw thowt 't wor a gaumless trick. From Wordnik.com. [Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect] Reference
For all his bluster, he’s a gaumless nowt. From Wordnik.com. [Krindlesyke] Reference
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