gammer

American  

[gam-er] / ˈgæm ər /

noun

British Archaic.

1. an old woman.

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gammer British  

/ ˈɡæmə /

noun

1. rare a dialect word for an old woman: now chiefly humorous or contemptuous Compare gaffer

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Etymology

Origin of gammer

1565–75; contraction of godmother; cf. gaffer

Example Sentences

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gammer

Go to her, gammer; see ye not where she stands in her doors?

From Gammer Gurton's Needle by Mr. S. Mr. of Art

Ch' a found your nee'le, gammer, here in my hand be it!

From Gammer Gurton's Needle by Mr. S. Mr. of Art

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

Gog's wounds, Tib, my gammer has never lost her nee'le?

From Gammer Gurton's Needle by Mr. S. Mr. of Art

I've tramped this bit o' road for years, an' never come across such a poor old chuckle-headed gammer as you sleepin' under a tree afore!

From The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches by Marie Corelli