† jambonn.
Obsolete.† 2. A mollusc of genus Pinna (French jambonneau).
1. = gammon n.1 2.
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gammon?1521
skink1630
ham1650
schinkel1654
jambon1655
bacon-ham1796
schinken1848
Yorkshire ham1849
prosciutto crudo1855
picnic ham1890
prosciutto1891
York ham1897
Bradenham1906
short-cut1906
Prague ham1909
picnic1910
Parma ham1937
Black Forest1961
1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. viii. 69 The Normans..whose Bacon flitches and jambons Varro extolleth.
1668 R. L'Estrange tr. F. G. de Quevedo y Villegas Visions (1708) 206 I would not affront the Jambon; for Water upon Gammon, would be false Heraldry.
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jambon1753
sea-silkworm1822
bysso-ark1854
thorn-mussel1860
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Jambon,..a kind of sea-shell, resembling a ham of bacon. It is a species of pinna marina.
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