omee slang.
(ˈəʊmɪ)
Also omer, omie.
[Corruption of It. uomo, man.]
A man, esp. a landlord or itinerant actor.
| 1859 Hotten Dict. Slang 70 Omee, a master or landlord. 1893 P. H. Emerson Signor Lippo xiii. 42 When I got back the cullies said, ‘Well, cully, how did you get on with the omer?’ 1928 Sunday Express 14 Oct. 5 Man [in slang of busking] is ‘omey’. 1937 N. Marsh Vintage Murder vii. 82 ‘A lot of omies the others were then.’..‘Ted means they were bad actors doing worse shows in one-eyed towns up and down the provinces.’ 1962 L. Knight (title) A proper circus omie. |