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gammonn.1 Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French gambon. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman gambon, gambone, gamboun and Middle French (northern) gambon (compare Anglo-Norman jambeun , Old French, Middle French, French jambon ) ham or haunch of an animal, especially a pig, leg of a pig excluding the knuckle and trotter, this part of an animal prepared for human consumption (13th cent. in Old French; 12th cent. in occasional use denoting the human thigh) < gambe , jambe leg (see jamb n.) + -on -oon suffix.The β. and γ. forms show assimilatory loss of b . The β. forms show the development of an excrescent final consonant. In sense 4 probably by association with gambrel n. 1. the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > pig > [noun] > defined by parts > (parts of) leg 1486 sig. fiiv The peestellis and the gambons deperte theym .ij. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny II. 332 In the pestle and gammond both of a swine, there be certain ioint whirlbones. 1611 R. Cotgrave at Acculé The wild Bore..brought vnto a bay sets him on his Gammons. a1697 J. Grubb in (1707) 16 Arrows thick, instead of Cloves, He stuck in the Monster's Gammon. 1732 R. Bradley ii. 146 Just when a Badger is killed, cut off the Gammons, and strip them. 1896 3rd Ser. 15 26 The first-prize pig has good gammons and hair, but perhaps a little too much white in his markings. The second pig is very good except being..light in his gammons. 1931 H. W. Vaughan xxxix. 576 The hams or ‘gammons’ [of the Yorkshire hog] should be deep, full, trim, and smooth. a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Captaine ii. ii, in (1647) sig. Gg4/2 I would have him [sc. Captain Jacomo] buried Even as he lyes, crosse legg'd, like one o' th Templers (If his west-phaly gammons will hold crossing). 1724 A. Pennecuik (ed. 2) 11 Ye throw up your Gammonds in the Bed Before a Grace, and lost your Maidenhead. 1776 J. Leacock iv. ii. 43 Damn your eyes, you pimping son of a bitch, go this instant, or I'll stick my knife in your gammons. 1853 3 May Geordie wi' the crookit gamon, Bowie wame, and gruffie paw. 1963 E. Dahlberg i. 27 She would be a steadfast wife and provide a husband who cherished her with a jolly, bawdy bed and fat gammons. 1988 G. Lamb Gammons, legs and thighs. 2005 T. T. Stephens 79 I watched, even gawked at the manner in which her gammons filled those lime green long johns. 2. the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > pork > [noun] > ham ?1521 J. Skelton (de Worde) Than came haltynge Ione And brought a gambone Of bakon that was resty. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria i. i. f. 3 The other moste flesshy partes, they pouder for store, as we do..gammondes of bakon. 1591 (?a1425) Shepherds (Huntington) in R. M. Lumiansky & D. Mill (1974) I. 130 Yee shall see here..gambonns and other good meate in fere. 1616 R. Weldon in B. Holyday tr. Persius iii. sig. C5v To see His Marsian Client bring him for a fee, Pepper, gammons of bacon, or such kinde Remembrances. 1650 L. Willan tr. Æsop 9 Here a Custard, there a Tart..; Here a Gammon stuft with cloves. 1719 T. D'Urfey I. 268 A good Westphalia Gammon, Is counted dainty Fare. 1771 O. Goldsmith 10 In some Irish houses, where things are so-so, One gammon of bacon hangs up for a show. 1821 27 Dec. (advt.) To accommodate his friends and customers, by receiving in payment..the following articles of home produce..Beeswax, Tallow, Butter, Gammons, [etc.]. 1851 D. Jerrold St. Giles & St. James (new ed.) xviii, in I. 89 Here's the bread and cheese, and all that's left o' the gammon o' bacon. 1917 G. M. Foakes tr. M. Gorky xii. 307 ‘Can you eat a gammon of ham?’ ‘How long shall I have for it?’ asked Mishka practically... ‘Two hours.’ 1957 2 Aug. 10/6 At the wholesale end of the [bacon] trade, gammons and fore-ends continue to be a poor market. 2008 (Nexis) 9 Dec. We specialise in pork and bacon and we sell a lot of Christmas gammons at this time of the year. the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > pork > [noun] > bacon > cuts or parts 1633 P. Massinger iv. ii. sig. I3v Thou neuer hadst in thy house to stay mens stomackes A peece of Suffolke cheese, or Gammon of Bacon. 1684 T. Creech tr. Horace Satyrs iv, in tr. Horace (new ed.) 466 When He's too full [sc. of wine], then Gammon's only fit, Sawsage provokes him to another bit. 1780 Apr. 199/1 They will devour more gammon of bacon..in one day than ever has been eat in Scotland since the union. 1834 E. Smith xxii. 558 Devaynes, after swallowing..a huge piece of gammon of bacon, called for Boots to bring him a pair of slippers. 1891 T. F. Garrett & W. A. Rawson I. 63/2 Corner of Gammon, 4 lb. 1943 19 Feb. 11/2 Thus, the relative desirability of fore-end, middle and gammon have been indicated. 1979 Dec. 8/3 One can have..something simpler, such as a mixed grill or gammon steak and fried eggs. 1998 N. Lawson (1999) 78 Keep..leftover trimmings from gammon joints, too, to flavour pea and bean soups. 2003 N. Slater 147 There are smells that define a home. Ours smelled of boiled gammon, parsley sauce and..potatoes. 1825 J. Jamieson Suppl. Gammonts, gammons, the feet of an animal; often those of pigs, sometimes called petit-toes. the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > hook or frame for hanging meat 1874 J. G. McCoy 312 Then comes one or more men and insert a strong gammon of four or more feet in length, in the hocks beneath the hamstrings of the hinder legs. In the middle of the gammon stick a flat iron hook is adjusted. 1940 Hench Coll. in (1991) II. 626/2 My step father who was raised on a farm near Staunton tells me that ‘gammon’ is the word, a ‘gammon stick’ being used to pass between the heavy tendon and the bone of a hog's hind feet when it is hung on the crossbar. 1982 Barrick Coll. in (1991) II. 626/2 Gammon rod, notched rod used to hold carcass open during butchering. Gammon stick, idem. Compounds1604 J. Marston iv. iii. sig. F4 The sallo-westfalian gamon-faced zaza cries stand out. 1630 J. Taylor ii. 17 Thou kildst the gammon visag'd poore Westphalians. 1986 Apr. 73/1 The hotel manager, a gammon-colored young man with wiry white hair sticking out of his head. 1996 (Nexis) 19 Oct. 14 What are you saying, ya gammon-faced geek? 2004 3 Oct. (Sports Monthly Suppl.) 7/1 The gammon-cheeked Southampton chairman blamed the sacking of Paul Sturrock on..unfair media coverage. C2. the world > food and drink > food > additive > other flavourings > [noun] the world > food and drink > food > substances for food preparation > [noun] > stock or liquor 1706 (new ed.) Gammon-Essence (in Cookery) is made of thin Slices of Gammon of Bacon dress'd in a Stew-pan with a Ragoo. 1723 J. Nott sig. Y5 Then put in a Spoonful of Gammon-Essence; take care not to let it be either too thin, or too fat. 1724 N. Bailey (ed. 2) Essence de Jambon,..Gammon Essence, a Liquor made of Gammon of Bacon, &c. to be put into all Sorts of Messes in which Gammon is used. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). gammonn.2 Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown. Compare slightly later gammon v.2It has been suggested that the word is derived < gammon n.1, with an allusion to the tying up of a gammon or ham (as reported in N.E.D. (1898)), but this cannot be substantiated and is likely to reflect a folk etymology. This explanation also seems less likely in the light of the apparently isolated earlier synonyms to gam for gammon v.2 and gamming for gammoning n.2 (both c1625; cited at the respective entries). Similar lashings in other parts of the ship are known as wooldings (compare woolding n. 2), and cognates of that word are used for the gammoning of the bowsprit in other Germanic languages. Nautical. Now historical. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > [noun] > running rigging > lashing of bowsprit 1689 S. Sewall 12 Nov. (1973) I. 244 Strengthen the Bolt-sprit, the Gammon of which was loosed. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter i. viii. 82 They had broke their fore-stay and the gammon of the bowsprit. 1824 11 Sept. The wreck of a large brig..her mainmast gone in the hounds,..her bowsprit gone by the gammon. 1873 Jan. 20 The carpenter came and said, ‘I think the gammon of our bowsprit is adrift.’ I said, ‘It cannot be, for she has a preventer gammon on, but we will see.’ 1949 S. S. Rabl xiv. 180 The Pride, after the manner of all ships built on the Chesapeake, led her cables over the rail on each side of her gammons. 2004 (U. S. Naval Inst.) Aug. 42/1 The earlier version of the iron gammon..is similar to that found on the Swan Cove Wreck. Compounds 1830 28 Aug. 4/1 Sixty miles west of Oporto, she was chased by a vessel of about 90 tons, all black, with black mast heads and bowsprit, a gammon knee..and 10 or 12 guns. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Gammon-knee, a knee-timber fayed and bolted to the stem a little below the bowsprit. 1968 1 June 22/4 Her graceful bows with a painted gammon-knee, her antique deck fittings..combine to create the unique atmosphere of this pretty little ship. 2001 D. L. Canney 179 Alligator was given a simple gammon knee carved at the end with an alligator head. 1854 25 Dec. 2/5 Dec. 15,..experienced a severe gale from NE, carried away starboard main rigging, bobstays and gammon iron to bowsprit. 1907 Jan. 13/2 In sailboats it is common practice to leave the stem-head square outside the rabbet, far enough down to take the gammon iron for the bowsprit, which rivets to it. 2012 A. Boreham et al. xxxiv. 287 We're going to have to make up a new gammon iron. I found some cracks in the old one. 1846 A. Young at Gammoning It is generally made fast to a ring, called the Gammon-shackle, formed on the end of the Gammon-plate, which is an iron plate bolted to the stem. 2010 R. Knox-Johnson in Feb. 30/1 The Gammon plate also needs to have a bullring on it, so that the towline cannot move about forward of its securing point and cause damage to fittings in the bow. 1818 19 Dec. 2/3 The Woodall..without either bowsprit or masts, having lost them at six a.m. when in stays, by the gammon shackle of the bowsprit giving way. 1846 A. Young at Gammoning It is generally made fast to a ring, called the Gammon-shackle, formed on the end of the Gammon-plate, which is an iron plate bolted to the stem. 1933 3 58/2 In men-of-war the gammon-shackle was often bolted to a wooden knee. 1955 C. W. T. Layton 161 Gammon shackle, ring, on gammon plate, to which gammoning is secured. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022). gammonn.3Origin: Probably formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: backgammon n. Etymology: Probably shortened < backgammon n. (see discussion at that entry). Earlier currency (in sense 2) is probably implied by gammon v.1 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > backgammon > [noun] 1699 E. Ward 11 Grave Paralitical Heads, Sit sipping of Coffee, and poring on Paper, And some Smoaking silently round a Wax Taper; Whilst others at Gammon, grown Peevish with Age, Were wrangling for Pen'worths of Tea made of Sage. a1734 R. North (1826) I. 17 Whatever games were stirring, at places where he retired, as gammon, gleek, piquet, or even the merry main, he made one. 1800 E. Hervey III. 81 Mr. Chowles was above, playing at gammon with mistress. 1826 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxv, in Apr. 497 The tailor o' Yarrow ford dang ye a' to bits, baith at gammon and the dambrod. 1859 D. K. Ford iii. 13 Where in the world can that board be?.. Double sixes! As I live, there's my friend Isaac; and playing gammon, too, with my wife. 1943 M. B. Wilder 112 Tony is not going to submit patiently to the nightly game of 'gammon. 2001 J. Moore iii. iv. 211 I'm taking her up to the Casino in the Clouds for a drink or two. She wants to learn how to play gammon. society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > backgammon > [noun] > scores 1735 W. Pardon Gammon,..a Term in a Play called Back Gammon. 1778 T. Jones 165 Six and Five, a Man to be carried from your Adversary's Ace Point, as far as he can go, for a Gammon or for a Hit. 1800 1 163 And by quick taking off, a gammon win. 1844 47 If one combatant have not removed his first man before the other has removed his last, ‘a gammon’ is lost and won, which is equivalent to two games. 1930 16 Oct. 4/4 Double again for the gammon makes the final score eight. 2009 C. Bray ii. vi. 106 Should you redouble and take two points?.. Quite often you may do better by playing on for a gammon and four points. Compounds society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > backgammon > [noun] > board a1790 J. H. Beattie (1794) 208 When patriot zeal your gammon-board unlocks. 1883 9 Oct. 1/6 (advt.) The entire substantial furniture..comprising..Oak Hall Stand and pair Chairs, Oilcloth, Gammon Board, Chessmen, Eight-day Clock. 1969 17 Mar. 32/1 After dinner..sipping our Courvoisier cognacs over the gammon board, we discussed the merits of all those other World War II favorites. 1999 L. Stone (2003) xx. 288 Rob and Henri sat nearby with a gammon board, playing at being men. society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > backgammon > [noun] > player 1814 37 47 It may be inferred that he too was a gammon-player. 1988 21 June 10/1 Many game fanciers (chess fanatics and 'gammon players being typical cases) are not the sort of people to make a song and dance about their needs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022). gammonn.4int.Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps < gammon n.3 (compare gammon n.3 2 and gammon v.1), perhaps with reference to securing a victory over someone; compare gammoning n.1, which could also reflect such a motivation. Alternatively, perhaps < gammon v.2 or gammon n.2, with reference to (metaphorically) tying someone down. Compare later gammon v.3The chronological gap is probably too great for there to be any connection with α. forms at game n. slang (originally cant) and colloquial. A. n.4the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun] > accomplice 1717 17 July 2/2 The Prisoner and Barker went in and stole the Goods, while he stood Gammon (i.e. to watch that no body came to surprize them). 1718 C. Hitchin 20 A Bulk or Gammon, alias that is he that jostles up to a Man, while another picks his Pocket. 1777 50 One of them, which they call the Gammon, takes off the attention of the shop-keeper. the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > chatter the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > speech intended to deceive > [noun] > and flatter 1781 G. Parker I. 208 I thought myself pretty much a master of Gammon, but the Billingsgate eloquence of Mrs. P—— not only exceeded me, but outdid all that I had ever known eloquent in that way. ?1790 G. Parker (ed. 2) xiv. 136 They begin now to drop the glanthem, I must tip 'em some rum gammon. 1811 (at cited word) What rum gamon the old file pitched to the flat. 1837 June 586 A simpering smile is still a tradesman's treasure; Give them enough of gammon, and short measure! c1864 (1917) 41 When the gammon to her I tip, While out upon the spree, She blushes like the scarlet flower. 1891 A. A. Day xvi. 212 Som'tim's y'r gammon strikes a gait that's gibberish t' me. 2004 J. Brook tr. G. Debord (rev. ed.) I. ii. 24 They were often limed by the reelers, but they were good at slanging innocent and tipping them rum gammon. the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > insincere or pretentious talk > [noun] 1805 T. Harral III. 105 ‘Come, come, none of your gammon!’ cried one, ‘tell us where the other black sheep is’. 1810 J. Poole ii. ii. 29 Come, that won't do, my lord:—now that's all gammon. 1837 C. Dickens xxiv. 251 Some people maintains that an Englishman's house is his castle. That's gammon. 1845 B. Disraeli III. vi. iii. 175 Morley has got round them, preaching moral force and all that sort of gammon. 1870 H. Smart x Come, old fellow, no gammon. 1913 S. C. Nethersole xxv. 250 ‘The queen's dead,’ I said. ‘None of your gammon,’ they said, for they couldn't believe me. 1976 B. Scott 274 But there's no gammon in this yarn, for every word is true. 2008 W. Self xiii. 262 ‘That's all gammon, that is!’ Gloria expostulated. ‘Gammon?’ ‘Gammon—bloody bullshit.’ B. int.the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > nonsense! [interjection] 1827 R. B. Peake i. iii Sir H. (Aside) Gammon! 1855 W. M. Thackeray xv ‘Gammon!’ exclaimed his Lordship. 1885 ‘F. Anstey’ 4 ‘Gammon!’ said Jauncey, ‘that isn't it’. 1911 Apr. 50/2 ‘Gammon!’ she cried, affecting great scorn. 1951 G. Heyer xi. 162 Gammon, dear boy, gammon! 1998 P. O'Brian iii. 67 ‘Gammon,’ cried Killick. ‘If it had been self-murder he would have been buried at the crossroads.’ Phrases P1. cant. the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > picking pockets > pick pockets [verb (transitive)] > distract from or screen pickpocket 1717Stood gammon [see sense A. 1]. 1720 A. Smith (ed. 5) III. 358 Give me Gammon. That is, to side, shoulder, or stand close to a Man, or a Woman, whilst another picks his, or her Pocket. 1821 68 I whidded to the Doctor, and he gave me gammon. the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > steal [verb (transitive)] > steal from > engage attention while 1821 51 Going out at the door, Bagrie called the woman of the house, kept her in gammon in the back-room, while I returned and brought off the till. 1788 F. Grose (ed. 2) Gamon and Patter, Common-place talk of any profession; as the gamon and patter of a horse dealer, sailor, &c. 1789 G. Parker xiv. 135 What's all this gammon and patter about? 1822 May 70/1 Our lucubrations are most especially intended for the benefit of those provincials who are not sufficiently awake to the gammon and patter of the long town. 1807 ‘Q. Queerum’ 185 With a rowly powly, Gammon and spinnage, O heigh, said Anthony Rowly. 1849 C. Dickens (1850) xxii. 232 What a world of gammon and spinnage it is, though, ain't it! 1936 77 996/1 What funny old stuff is Bishop's ‘Daughter of Error’—one of a great many profitable errors of old Sir Henry Rowley's gammon and spinach. 2012 (Nexis) 16 Apr. 22 Lots of stuff about level playing fields and EU employment legislation. To which I say gammon and spinach! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). gammonv.1Origin: Apparently formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: gammon n.3 Etymology: Apparently < gammon n.3 (although that is first attested later). Compare later backgammon v. Backgammon. society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > play games of chance [verb (intransitive)] > cheat society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > backgammon > [verb (transitive)] > defeat 1668 T. Shadwell iii. 38 Of the first set I had three for love and lost it of the second I Gammon'd him, and threw Doublets at last, which you know made four, and lost that too; of the third I won never a Game. 1694 L. Echard tr. Plautus Rudens ii. iv, in tr. Plautus 168 Ne'r a Gamester of 'm all has half the Cunning. Faith, 'twas an excellent Cast; 'thas quite gammon'd the Rascal. 1735 R. Savage 75 At tables now! But oh, if gammon'd there, The startling echoes learn, like him to swear! 1786 W. H. Davies 267 I must quiet his doubts, by a promise of half her fortune, or I am gammoned. 1867 8 422/1 ‘More fool you,’ remarked his father, without looking up from the backgammon board. ‘There, madam, you are gammoned.’ ?1870 F. Hardy & J. R. Ware , Backgammon 142 Having gained these points, you have a fair chance to gammon your adversary. 1930 6 Oct. 6/1 The blocking game is the only game that often succeeds in gammoning the opponent. 2005 (Nexis) 27 Aug. 57 White must pass this double. He gets gammoned too often to allow him to take. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). gammonv.2Origin: Apparently formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: gammon n.2 Etymology: Apparently < gammon n.2Compare the following earlier (apparently isolated) example of a form gam in the same meaning (compare discussion at gammon n.2):c1625 Treat. Rigging in W. Salisbury & R. C. Anderson Treat. Shipbuilding & Treat. Rigging (1958) 56 The Bovespright is gammed to the ships head with a rope woulded fast to the fforemast with an other and bolted fast to the decke. Nautical. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > build a ship [verb (transitive)] > fit out or equip > rig > lash bowsprit 1694 J. Hubbard (P.R.O.: ADM. 51/121/V) 1 Nov. Spent this day in Scrubbing our Shipp and Gammoning my Bowspreet. 1711 W. Sutherland 62 To gammon the Bowsprit. 1729 W. Wriglesworth 5 Sept. Gammon'd the Bowsprit, Rigg'd the Mizon-topmast. 1850 J. Greenwood 120 The rope..that gammons the bowsprit. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Gammon, to pass the lashings of the bowsprit. 1902 F. M. Norman iii. i. 245 A stay of seventeen days..during which we had gammoned the bowsprit, set up the rigging, and fished the dangerously defective mainmast. 2002 P. Goodwin xvi. 156/2 Still in the dock on Saturday 15 August the crew were now gammoning the bowsprit. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). gammonv.3Origin: Probably formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: gammon n.4 Etymology: Probably < gammon n.4 (compare discussion at that entry). slang (originally cant) and colloquial. the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > aid, help, or assist [verb (transitive)] 1753 (ed. 2) 39 Will you gammon me; will you help me. the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > be talkative [verb (intransitive)] > talk excessively or chatter the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > utter in a chattering manner [verb (transitive)] > utter at length 1789 G. Parker xv. 150 When one of them speaks well, another says he gammons well, or he has got a great deal of rum patter. 1833 M. Scott I. ii. 53 You gammons so bad about the rhino, that we must prove you a bit. 1928 J. Galsworthy ii. vi. 154 He can gammon the hind-leg off a donkey. 3. the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > treat fraudulently, cheat [verb (transitive)] > induce by deception > and humbug ?1790 Swaggering Jack in 3 He gammoned the twelve and worked on the water. 1793 Sept. 341/1 By way of ‘gammoning’ the multitude, absolutely orders the stable lad..to declare the colour directly opposite to what he constantly rides in. 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in II. (at cited word) A man who..by a plausible defence has induced the jury to acquit him..is said by his associates to have gammoned the twelve in prime twig. 1821 P. Egan v. 289 Flashy Nance (who had gammoned more seamen out of their vills and power than the ingenuity or palaver of twenty of the most knowing of the frail sisterhood could effect). ?1845 J. Lindridge x. 118 Let him gammon us to that [sc. his innocence] at the Old Bailey. 1873 W. Black ix. 140 To go and gammon old Mackenzie into the belief that he can read poetry! 1919 J. Rusell 303 It is the book I got for the chief... But it's no Bible. Only an old collection of plays I bought to gammon him with. 2008 A. Ghosh xiv. 324 There's always the little Lord Mannikins and Hobdehoys and Loblolly-boys to gammon the skippers, and pitch slum to the shipowners. the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > pretend, dissemble [verb (intransitive)] 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in II. (at cited word) To gammon lushy or queer is to pretend drunkenness or sickness. 1821 P. Egan vi. 346 Logic gammoned to be the cadger in fine style, with his crutch and specs. 1864 E. A. Murray II. 11 I got up in a temper, and told him to leave me. He laughed, and said I was gammoning. 1868 H. C. R. Johnson 111 Keeping his eyes on the document, and ‘gammoning’ to read it. 1903 ‘T. Collins’ vi. 230 He gammoned dead till we poured a pint of beer down his throat. 1962 11 Jan. 11/4 She thought I was only gammoning. I walked away with the rifle about 15 feet and turned round. 1997 R. Flanagan xxix. 160 To gammon was to imagine, and that was what Moira liked doing most of all. the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > banter or good-humoured ridicule > banter [verb (transitive)] the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > be annoyed or vexed by [verb (transitive)] > annoy or vex > tease 1801 I. 144 Cut people's corns with such a devilish large blade as that! Egad..don't gammon me, because' I'm a cockney. 1836 C. Dickens (1837) xiii. 128 So then they pours him out a glass o' wine, and gammons him about his driving, and gets him into a reg'lar good humour. 1897 10 Apr. 173/2 I think I'd better tell cook I 'd only been gammoning her! 1900 7 July 404/2 They say she is fond of ‘gammoning’ them, and often ‘jeers’ them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). gammonv.4Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: gammon n.1 Now rare. the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preserving or pickling > pickle or preserve [verb (transitive)] > cure 1836 B. H. Smart Gammon, to salt and dry. 1848 J. Craig Gammon..to make bacon, to pickle and dry in smoke. 1992 I. Goldstein tr. G. Konrád iii. 110 His eyes would light up when he spoke of gammoning bacon and smoking sausages. 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