Usually means: Losing with opponent bearing off.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. gammoned: Merriam-Webster
  2. gammoned: Collins English Dictionary
  3. gammoned: Wordnik
  4. gammoned: Wiktionary
  5. Gammoned, gammoned: Dictionary.com
  6. Gammoned: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. Gammoned: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. gammoned: FreeDictionary.org
  9. gammoned: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. gammoned: Legal dictionary

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  1. gammoned: Encyclopedia

(Note: See gammon as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Gammon)

noun:  A cut of quick-cured pork leg.
verb:  To cure bacon by salting.
verb:  (dialectal) To joke, kid around, play.
verb:  (backgammon) To beat by a gammon (without the opponent bearing off a stone).
noun:  (dialectal) A joke, trick; play, sport, merriment.
noun:  (backgammon) A victory in backgammon achieved when the opponent has not borne off a single stone.
noun:  (rare) Backgammon (the game itself).
noun:  (nautical) A rope fastening a bowsprit to the stem of a ship (usually called a gammoning).
verb:  To lash with ropes (on a ship).
noun:  (dated) Chatter, ridiculous nonsense.
verb:  (colloquial, dated, transitive) To deceive; to lie plausibly to.
adjective:  (Papua New Guinea, Australian Aboriginal, chiefly Queensland, Northern Territory) Fake, pretend; bullshit.
noun:  (neologism, derogatory, UK) A middle-aged or older right-wing, reactionary white man, or such men collectively.
noun:  (Ireland) the Shelta or Cant language of the Irish Travelling Community.
▸ Also see gammon


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