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gam·mon

¹  [gam-uhn]  Show IPA Backgammon.

noun

1.

the game of backgammon.

2.

a victory in which the winner throws off all his or her pieces before the opponent throws off any.

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verb (used with object)

3.

to win a gammon over.

Origin: 
1720–30;  perhaps special use of Middle English gamen game¹

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gam·mon

²  [gam-uhn]  Show IPA

noun

1.

a smoked or cured ham.

2.

the lower end of a side of bacon.

Origin: 
1480–90;  < Old French gambon  ham ( French jambon ), derivative of gambe;  see jamb¹

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gam·mon

³  [gam-uhn]  Show IPA British Informal.

noun

1.

deceitful nonsense; bosh.

verb (used without object)

2.

to talk gammon.

3.

to make pretense.

verb (used with object)

4.

to humbug.

Origin: 
1710–20;  perhaps special use of gammon¹

Related forms

gam·mon·er, noun

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gammon 1  (ˈɡæmən)
— n
1.	a cured or smoked ham
2.	the hindquarter of a side of bacon, cooked either whole or cut into large rashers
[C15: from Old Northern French gambon,  from gambe  leg; see gambrel ]

gammon 2  (ˈɡæmən)
— n
1.	a double victory in backgammon in which one player throws off all his pieces before his opponent throwsany
2.	archaic  the game of backgammon
— vb
3.	( tr ) to score a gammon over
[C18: probably special use of Middle English gamen game 1 ]

gammon 3  (ˈɡæmən)
— n
1.	deceitful nonsense; humbug
— vb
2.	to deceive (a person)
[C18: perhaps special use of gammon ²]
'gammoner 3
— n

gammon 4  (ˈɡæmən)
— vb
	( tr ) nautical  to fix (a bowsprit) to the stemhead of a vessel
[C18: perhaps related to gammon 1 , with reference to the tying up of a ham]

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Word Origin & History

gammon 

1486, from O.N.Fr. gambon "ham," from gambe "leg," from L.L. gamba "leg of an animal." Originally "the hamor haunch of a swine."

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