单词 | to give gammon |
释义 | > as lemmasto give (a person) gammon a. to give (a person) gammon: to help (a thief) by distracting a victim while a crime is committed. Also to stand gammon in the same sense. Cf. sense A. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > picking pockets > pick pockets [verb (transitive)] > distract from or screen pickpocket stall1592 to give (a person) gammon1717 cover1819 1717Stood gammon [see sense A. 1]. 1720 A. Smith Compl. Hist. Lives & Robberies Highway-men (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 Life D. Haggart 68 I whidded to the Doctor, and he gave me gammon. < as lemmas |
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