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Word: gammon
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Meaning:
Noun:
- backgammon A victory in backgammon achieved when the opponent has not taken a single stone; (also, rarely, backgammon, the game itself).
- dated Chatter, ridiculous nonsense.
- nautical A rope fastening a bowsprit to the stem of a ship (usually called a gammoning).
- The lower or hind part of a side of bacon.
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Verb:
- backgammon To beat by a gammon (without the opponent taking a stone).
- colloquial dated To deceive, to lie plausibly.
- To cure bacon by salting.
- To lash with ropes (on a ship).
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