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GammonGammon Gam"mon (-m[u^]n), n. [OF. gambon, F. jambon, fr. OF.
gambe leg, F. jambe. See Gambol, n., and cf. Ham.]
The buttock or thigh of a hog, salted and smoked or dried;
the lower end of a flitch. --Goldsmith. Gammon
Gammon 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.
GammonGammon Gam"mon, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gammoned (-m[u^]nd); p.
pr. & vb. n. Gammoning.]
To make bacon of; to salt and dry in smoke. [1913 Webster] GammonGammon Gam"mon, n. [See 2d Game.]
1. Backgammon.
2. An imposition or hoax; humbug. [Colloq.] Gammon
Gammon Gam"mon, v. t. [Etymol. unknown.] (Naut.)
To fasten (a bowsprit) to the stem of a vessel by lashings of
rope or chain, or by a band of iron. --Totten.
Meaning of GAMMON from wikipedia
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Gammon may
refer to:
Archer T.
Gammon (1918–1945),
United States Army
soldier and
Medal of
Honor recipient...
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James Richard Gammon (April 20, 1940 – July 16, 2010) was an
American actor,
known for
playing grizzled "good ol' boy"
types in
numerous films and television...
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Gammon is a
pejorative term po****rised in
British political culture since the 2010s. The term
refers to the
colour of a
white person's
flushed face, which...
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Gammon in
British English is the hind leg of pork
after it has been
cured by dry-salting or brining, and may or may not be smoked.
Strictly speaking, a...
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James Gammon (fl. 1660–1670), was an
English engraver of portraits.
Gammon's works were for the most part
copies of
better known engravings.
Joseph Strutt...
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Gammons is a surname.
Notable people with the
surname include: J. A.
Gammons (1876–1963),
American baseball and
football player and
coach Peter Gammons...
- The
Gammon bomb,
officially known as the No. 82
grenade was a
British hand
grenade used
during World War II.
Designed by Capt. R. S.
Gammon of the 1st...
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Kendall Robert Gammon (born
October 23, 1968) is an
American former professional football player who was a long
snapper and
center for
three teams in the...
- was now
called a
gammon. If the
winner bore off all men
while the
loser still had men in his adversary's table, it was a back-
gammon and
worth "three...
- It is
widely known as the Cant, to its
native speakers in
Ireland as de
Gammon or Tarri, and to the
linguistic community as Shelta.
Other terms for it...
