Example sentences for: gammon

How can you use “gammon” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • 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.


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