gammer
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of gammer
Example Sentences
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Farewell, gammer; thanks and gramercy for your goods!
From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 by Peter Anthony Motteux
N. veteran, old man, seer, patriarch, graybeard; grandfather, grandsire; grandam; gaffer, gammer; crone; pantaloon; sexagenarian, octogenarian, nonagenarian, centenarian; old stager; dotard &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
The lad I never saw before, but her I know well; it is my gammer Dickison.
From Discovery of Witches The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster by Thomas Potts
By the mass, gammer, but for my staff Chat had gone nigh to spill you!
From Gammer Gurton's Needle by Mr. S. Mr. of Art
Veteran -- N. veteran, old man, seer, patriarch, graybeard; grandfather, grandsire; grandam; gaffer, gammer; crone; pantaloon; sexagenarian, octogenarian, nonagenarian, centenarian; old stager; dotard &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget
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