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(-mn), n.[OF. gambon, F. jambon, fr. OF. gambe leg, F. jambe. See Gambol, n., and cf. Ham.] The buttock or thigh of a hog, salted and smoked or dried; the lower end of a flitch. Goldsmith. Gam"mon v. t.[imp. & p. p.Gammoned (-mnd); p. pr. & vb. n.Gammoning.] To make bacon of; to salt and dry in smoke. Gam"mon n.[See 2d Game.] 1. Backgammon. 2. An imposition or hoax; humbug. [Colloq.] Gam"mon v. t. 1. To beat in the game of backgammon, before an antagonist has been able to get his "men" or counters home and withdraw any of them from the board; as, to gammon a person. 2. To impose on; to hoax; to cajole. [Colloq.] Hood. Gam"mon v. t.[Etymol. unknown.] (Naut.) To fasten (a bowsprit) to the stem of a vessel by lashings of rope or chain, or by a band of iron. Totten. スポンサード リンク
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