GIMMER

Etymology

Noun

gimmer (plural gimmers)

(Northern English dialect) A ewe between one and two years old.

Anagrams

• megrim

Source: Wiktionary


Gim"mer, Gim"mor (, n. Etym: [Cf. Gimmal, n.]

Definition: A piece of mechanism; mechanical device or contrivance; a gimcrack. [Obs.] Bp. Hall. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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