Gammon vs Garmon - What's the difference?
gammon | garmon |
(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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* 1911 :
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.}}
As a proper noun gammon
is (ireland) the language of the irish travelling community.As a noun garmon is
a kind of smaller russian button accordion.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.