Gammon vs Deceive - What's the difference?
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(backgammon) A victory in backgammon achieved when the opponent has not taken a single stone; (also, rarely, backgammon, the game itself).
(nautical) A rope fastening a bowsprit to the stem of a ship (usually called a gammoning).
(dated) Chatter, ridiculous nonsense.
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To deceive, to lie plausibly.
*{{quote-book, year=1959, author=(Georgette Heyer), title=(The Unknown Ajax), chapter=1
, passage=And no use for anyone to tell Charles that this was because the Family was in mourning for Mr Granville Darracott […]: Charles might only have been second footman at Darracott Place for a couple of months when that disaster occurred, but no one could gammon him into thinking that my lord cared a spangle for his heir.}}
To trick or mislead.
* {{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=April 26
, author=Tasha Robinson
, title=Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits :
, work=The Onion AV Club
As verbs the difference between gammon and deceive
is that gammon is to cure bacon by salting while deceive is to trick or mislead.As a noun gammon
is the lower or hind part of a side of bacon.As a proper noun Gammon
is the Shelta or Cant language of the Irish Travelling Community.gammon
English
(wikipedia gammon)Etymology 1
From (etyl) gambon (compare modern French .Etymology 2
Probably a special use of (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Etymology 3
Perhaps related to the first etymology, with reference to tying up a ham.Noun
(en noun)Etymology 4
Perhaps a special use of the word from etymology 2.Noun
(en noun)- He swore that all other religions were gammon ,
And wore out his knees in the worship of Mammon.
Verb
(en verb)deceive
English
Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Verb
(deceiv)citation, page= , passage=Hungry for fame and the approval of rare-animal collector Queen Victoria (Imelda Staunton), Darwin deceives the Captain and his crew into believing they can get enough booty to win the pirate competition by entering Polly in a science fair. So the pirates journey to London in cheerful, blinkered defiance of the Queen, a hotheaded schemer whose royal crest reads simply “I hate pirates.” }}