GAMMONS

Noun

gammons

plural of gammon

Source: Wiktionary

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GAMMON

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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