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gammerstang dial.|ˈgæməstæŋ|
Also 6 gamarstangue, 8–9 gammerstags, 9 Sc. -stel, gomerstang.
[? f. gammer n. (but cf. gomerel) + stang pole.]
1. A tall, awkward person, usually a woman.
1570Levins Manip. 23 A Gamarstangue, oblongula. 1684Yorksh. Dial. 348 (E.D.S. No. 76) Wad ta saw thy-sell, thou great Gammerstang! For sham, Woman! 1802R. Anderson Cumbld. Ball. 25 Souple gammerstang! 1876Whitby Gloss., Gammerstags, a large awkward female. 1882Lanc. Gloss., Gammerstang (N. Lanc.), an awkward, tall, slender person, male or female. 1890Hall Caine Bondman xxiv, ‘The sweep!’ ‘the thief!’ ‘the wastrel!’ ‘the gomer⁓stang!’ they called him.
2. A rude, wanton girl.
1788W. Marshall Yorksh. II. 331, Gammerstags, an idle, loose girl. 1825–80Jamieson, Gammerstel, a foolish girl. 1868Atkinson Cleveland Gloss., Gammer-stags, gammer-stang, an idle or rude and wanton wench. |