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   gammon

   /ˈɡamən/

   noun

   • 1. ham that has been cured or smoked like bacon: "I ate a plateful of gammon, eggs, and chips"
   • ▪ the bottom piece of a side of bacon, including a hind leg: "a whole gammon on the bone"
   • 2. a middle-aged or older white man with conservative, traditionalist views, stereotypically characterized as having a red or flushed complexion: informal, derogatory British "they had a discussion with some gammon who thinks climate change is a lie"

   Word Origin late 15th century (denoting the haunch of a pig): from Anglo-Norman French gambon, from gambe, jambe ‘leg’.

   Scrabble Points: 11

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