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- noun Plural form of
gammon .
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Examples
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"After two gammons and a backgammon in five games?" cries the ancient squarehead.
Watershed 2010
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HE never gammons the poor man — except to his manifest advantage in the article of bacon.
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And therefore, that we lose no time, put on, thrust out your gammons! — and would have embraced her, but she made as if she would put out her head at the window to call her neighbours for help.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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And therefore, that we lose no time, put on, thrust out your gammons! — and would have embraced her, but she made as if she would put out her head at the window to call her neighbours for help.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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To this intent he was ordinarily well furnished with gammons of bacon, both of
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Which purpose was no sooner mentioned, but forthwith began flagons to go, gammons to trot, goblets to fly, great bowls to ting, glasses to ring.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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To this intent he was ordinarily well furnished with gammons of bacon, both of
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Which purpose was no sooner mentioned, but forthwith began flagons to go, gammons to trot, goblets to fly, great bowls to ting, glasses to ring.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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It is, answered Gargantua, the very life of the patriarchs and holy fathers; for naturally I sleep salt, and my sleep hath been to me in stead of so many gammons of bacon.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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It is, answered Gargantua, the very life of the patriarchs and holy fathers; for naturally I sleep salt, and my sleep hath been to me in stead of so many gammons of bacon.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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