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GAMMON
gammon
(noun) hind portion of a side of bacon
ham, jambon, gammon
(noun) meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
gammon (countable and uncountable, plural gammons)
A cut of quick-cured pork leg.
Verb
gammon (third-person singular simple present gammons, present participle gammoning, simple past and past participle gammoned)
To cure bacon by salting.
Etymology 2
Noun
gammon (plural gammons)
(backgammon) A victory in backgammon achieved when the opponent has not borne off a single stone.
(rare) Backgammon (the game itself).
Verb
gammon (third-person singular simple present gammons, present participle gammoning, simple past and past participle gammoned)
(backgammon) To beat by a gammon (without the opponent bearing off a stone).
Etymology 3
Perhaps related to the first etymology, with reference to tying up a ham.
Noun
gammon (plural gammons)
(nautical) A rope fastening a bowsprit to the stem of a ship (usually called a gammoning).
Verb
gammon (third-person singular simple present gammons, present participle gammoning, simple past and past participle gammoned)
To lash with ropes (on a ship).
Etymology 4
Perhaps a special use of the word from etymology 2.
Noun
gammon
(dated) Chatter, ridiculous nonsense.
Verb
gammon (third-person singular simple present gammons, present participle gammoning, simple past and past participle gammoned)
(colloquial, dated) To deceive, to lie plausibly.
Etymology 5
Noun
gammon (countable and uncountable, plural gammons)
(neologism, pejorative, UK) A middle-aged or older right-wing, reactionary white man, or such men collectively.
Proper noun
Gammon
(Ireland) the Shelta or Cant language of the Irish Travelling Community.
Usage notes
• The term Gammon is most widely used by its native speakers in Ireland, but the language is known to the linguistic community as Shelta. Cant, or the Cant, is used by non-native speakers.
Source: Wiktionary
Gam"mon, n. Etym: [OF. gambon, F. jambon, fr. OF. gambe leg, F. jambe. See Gambol, n., and cf. Ham.]
Definition: The buttock or tight of a hog, salted and smoked or dried; the lower end of a flitch. Goldsmith.
Gam"mon, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gameed; p. pr. & vb. n. Gameing.]
Definition: To make bacon of; to salt and dry in smoke.
Gam"mon, n. Etym: [See 2d Game.]
1. Backgammon.
2. An imposition or hoax; humbug. [Colloq.]
Gam"mon, v. t.
1. To beat in the game of backgammon, before an antagonist has been able to get his "men" or counters home and withdraw any of them from the board; as, to gammon a person.
2. To impose on; to hoax; to cajole. [Colloq.] Hood.
Gam"mon, v. t. Etym: [Etymol. unknown.] (Naut.)
Definition: To fasten (a bowsprit) to the stem of a vessel by lashings of rope or chain, or by a band of iron. Totten.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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