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- noun Plural form of
gimmer .
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Examples
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Lambs and gimmers and wethers and ewes what do you want with political views?
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And the talk of the men of the land is of wethers and gimmers, of tup-hoggs, ewe tegs in wool, and other things which are but fearsome names to you and me; and always of the doings or misdoings, the intelligence or stupidity, of their adjutants, the sheep-dogs.
Bob, Son of Battle Alfred Ollivant 1900
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` ` I am no justifying Killbuck a'thegither neither, and I am sure it is as vexing to me as to you, Elshie, that the mischance should hae happened; but I'll send you twa goats and twa fat gimmers, man, to make a 'straight again.
The Black Dwarf 1898
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Killbuck a'thegither neither, and I am sure it is as vexing to me as to you, Elshie, that the mischance should hae happened; but I'll send you twa goats and twa fat gimmers, man, to make a 'straight again.
The Black Dwarf Walter Scott 1801
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Scanning has begun and so far results show Mules at 199%, Beulah ewes 150% and some Beulah gimmers 110%.
FWi - All News 2010
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Can we turn a bunch of grey-haired old gimmers into a crack team of Honda S2000-driving tyre burners in the space of one episode?
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Group of gimmers: 1, A. Hartley '; 2, B. Dickinson; 3, C. Hartley.
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Journalists are juxtaposing pictures of T-shirted long-hairs with professorial old gimmers, and raising a quizzical eyebrow for comic effect.
BBC Blog Network 2008
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I’ll send you twa goats and twa fat gimmers, man, to make
The Black Dwarf 2004
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One Tup and four gimmers: 1 G & J Harison; 2 T Postlethwaite; 3 D Crowe.
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