a gammon of bacon
11gammon — 1. noun /ˈɡæmən,ˈɡɑmən/ a) The lower or hind part of a side of bacon. He swore that all other religions were gammon,And wore out his knees in the worship of Mammon. b) A victory in backgammon achieved when the opponent has not taken a single… …
12gammon — gammon1 /gam euhn/, Backgammon. n. 1. the game of backgammon. 2. a victory in which the winner throws off all his or her pieces before the opponent throws off any. v.t. 3. to win a gammon over. [1720 30; perh. special use of ME gamen GAME1]… …
13bacon — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. flitch, gammon, side pork, beef bacon, Danish bacon, Canadian bacon, breakfast meat, pancetta, side meat*, sowbelly*. • bring home the bacon*, Syn. earn a living, provide for, triumph, achieve; see succeed 1 , support 5 …
14gammon — I gam•mon [[t]ˈgæm ən[/t]] n. 1) gam a victory in backgammon in which the loser has not thrown off any pieces 2) gam to beat by winning a gammon • Etymology: 1720–30; see backgammon II gam•mon [[t]ˈgæm ən[/t]] n. 1) coo brit. a smoked or cured… …
15gammon — 1. n. & v. n. 1 the bottom piece of a flitch of bacon including a hind leg. 2 the ham of a pig cured like bacon. v.tr. cure (bacon). Etymology: ONF gambon f. gambe leg: cf. JAMB 2. n. & v. n. a kind of victory scoring two games at backgammon.… …
16gammon — gam|mon [ˈgæmən] n [U] BrE meat from a pig s leg which has been preserved using salt →↑bacon ▪ gammon steak …
17gammon — [[t]gæ̱mən[/t]] N UNCOUNT Gammon is smoked or salted meat, similar to bacon, from the back leg or the side of a pig. [BRIT] …
18bacon — Synonyms and related words: butt, chitterlings, cochon de lait, cracklings, fat back, flitch, gammon, ham, ham steak, haslet, headcheese, jambon, jambonneau, lard, picnic ham, pieds de cochon, pig, pork, porkpie, salt pork, side of bacon, small… …
19gammon — Synonyms and related words: absurdity, act, act a part, affect, amphigory, assume, babble, babblement, bacon, balderdash, balls, baloney, bamboozle, beguile, betray, bibble babble, blabber, blague, blather, bluff, bombast, bosh, bull, bullshit,… …
20gammon — I. n. 1. Imposition, hoax, humbug. See cheat, n. 2. Smoked ham, ham of bacon. II. v. a. 1. Deceive, cheat, humbug, hoax, chouse, trick, dupe, gull, cozen, overreach, outwit, bamboozle, circumvent, delude, beguile, mislead, inveigle, impose upon.… …
