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▪ I. gimme|ˈgɪmɪ|
Also gi'me.
Colloq. contraction of give me (occas. of give it to me).
1883[see idioticon]. 1884‘Mark Twain’ Huck. Finn. v. 44 Don't gimme no sass. 1888‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms xi. 131 Now gimme some grub, for I've had nothing since sunrise. 1892Kipling Many Invent. (1893) 163 Gimme a light—gimme a light! 1918H. G. Wells Joan & Peter viii. 230 ‘Gimme my cane, someone,’ said Mr. Mainwearing. 1923Wodehouse Adv. Sally xv. 185 ‘Will you have a whisky and soda, Uncle Donald?’..‘Yes,’ said his relative... ‘Gimme.’ 1958E. Nel Mr. Churchill's Secretary ii. 30 If the Prime Minister said ‘Gimme Pug’ I must fetch General Ismay. Ibid., If he merely stretched out his hand and said ‘Gimme’ I must place in his hand whatever he needed.
Hence as n., acquisitiveness; greed; a desire for gifts; freq. pl., in to have or get the gimmes. Also attrib. slang.
1927Wodehouse Meet Mr. Mulliner v. 166 Boy, I use bank-notes for summer underclothing, and I don't care how bad you've got the gimme's if only you'll sign on the dotted line. 1928Sunday Dispatch 2 Sept. 7/3 The vamp..is what the Americans call a ‘Gimme Girl’. 1963C. Morris I bought Newspaper ii. 19 One could only write him off as a victim of our acquisitive, thrusting, philosophy of get and ‘gimme’.
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