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gammon

gam·mon

UK/ˈɡæmən/ US/ˈɡæmʌn/ uncommon dated rare uk

noun

1.

meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)

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Origin

From Middle English gamenen, gamene, from Old English gamnian, gæmnian, gamenian (“to joke, play”), from Proto-West Germanic *gamanōn, from Proto-Germanic *gamanōną (“to play, have fun, joke”). Cognate with Middle High German gamenen (“to mock, make fun of”), Icelandic gamna (“to have fun”). More at game.

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