gammy
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of gammy
First recorded in 1830–40; originally dialectal, perhaps from dialectal French; compare Norman dialect gambier “having bad legs,” gambie “lame,” Middle French gambi “bent, crooked,” all ultimately derivative of Late Latin gamba; jamb 1
Example Sentences
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Jokingly adding: "But being in Rage Against the Machine and having a gammy leg is quite funny."
From BBC • Aug. 26, 2022
She hobbles – a gammy left knee, I think.
From The Guardian • Aug. 16, 2018
The first impression, even the second and the third, and perhaps the fourth and the fifth, was of a team in pieces, with broken hearts and gammy legs.
From The Guardian • Jun. 25, 2010
The son of a British major in the Indian army, he grew up with a cruel impediment: a "gammy leg" that kept him off the rugger field, gave him a lifelong limp.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Some'ow, Polly, I can't picture myself dragging a husband with a gammy leg at my heels."
From Australia Felix by Richardson, Henry Handel
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