>>James Murray also found fyrmar, fermer, and fermourer.
>How do you know it isn't gongformer or gongfirmer?

what do I know?! it was Murray who listed them under..

farmer[1]
Obs. One who cleanses or purifies. In comb. gong-farmer. Obs.
c1440 Promp. Parv. 203 Goonge fyrmar [v.r. gonge~fowar], cloacarius. c1515 Cocke Lorell's B. (Percy Soc.) 3 Than came a gonge fermourer, Other wyse called a masser scourer. Ibid. 11 Stynkynge gonge fermers.

-joe (we don' need no stynkynge gonge fermers) friday

p.s. - what's your point, Faldo? are you suggesting it's not the same term as our hogwash word??

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