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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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