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Example sentences for: gammon
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But it almost simultaneously developed a secondary sense as a noun meaning nonsense, rubbish, a synonym for the more frequently used gammon , a British cant word for guile or deceit that the convicts brought with them and which also moved in the direction of nonsense or humbug.
Instead, they appeared to think it was an English word and borrowed it (as they did other words, like gammon and fellow ) with glee, using it of the cattle which the invaders had brought with them and apparently thinking it meant edible animal.
Words like gammon and piccaninny , from English slang and African pidgin respectively, joined a range of Port Jackson words to form a pidgin in which limited communication was possible.