gammons in English

noun

1

ham that has been cured or smoked like bacon.

Twelve ounce steaks are available, as are moussaka, deep fried scampi and gammon steaks, as well as a choice of reasonably-priced burgers and kebabs.

2

a victory in backgammon (carrying a double score) in which the winner removes all their pieces before the loser has removed any.

Earlier we mentioned briefly the possibility of gammons and backgammons, where the winner wins twice or three times the stake.

3

nonsense; rubbish.

'Come, that's gammon , Pink' said Christian.

verb

1

defeat (a backgammon opponent) with a gammon.

I now roll a real caffeine-rush, high-velocity 5-5, closing him out, and gammoning him for the match.

2

hoax or deceive (someone).

Again and again, he ' gammoned ' me and nobody was then game to tell me that I was the unknowing victim of deceptions.

noun

ham

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