| 单词 | gammon |
| 例句 | Maxine, Dean, and I put the Ladybird books away till the smell of gammon and mushrooms filled the small kitchen. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Charles could brag about winning more games, but Emma won more gammons, which meant that when she won, Charles still had all his pieces on the board. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I should’ve just gone while I had the chance, but the dogs had prehistoric fangs, deranged eyes, gammon tongues, and steel chains round their necks. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “I thought it would get lost in the ether. When I started getting requests from serious news organisations to discuss gammon, my conviction that the world had gone irrevocably insane only deepened.” From woke to gammon: buzzwords by the people who coined them 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z We are just getting to the point of the story – Sunday lunch, a hot gammon, the narrator invited to join Lil and her husband Albert – when the landlord finally succeeds in clearing them out. Pubs in books 2010-07-08T13:37:00Z In the UK, the term “gammon” gained currency in the early 2010s as a pejorative apparently inspired by the puce skin tone of enraged, middle-aged middle Englanders. Why do people hate vegans? 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z Pork has chosen to call itself gammon exclusively.It has also marketed a new dish called Gammon Stewcontaining 90 grams of potato to 1 gram of gammon. Poetry workshop: Names 2011-07-12T10:04:43Z Outside, Mark is lurking in front of the Grosvenor, foisting an A4 ring binder filled with pictures of scampi, gammon and profiteroles at passing trade. The Hotel: Grace Dent's TV OD 2012-02-11T00:05:00Z Other commentators retorted that gammon could not possibly be racist and was fine as a word with which to abuse, you know, gammons. From woke to gammon: buzzwords by the people who coined them 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z I’m not sure I’ve ever before read a love scene that begins with a woman crying out, “Double me, gammon me.” Review: In Jonathan Lethem’s ‘A Gambler’s Anatomy,’ a Hustler’s Luck Runs Cold 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z On paper, the insult “gammon” was aimed at any angry red-faced man because his face was red like a big ham. Half-baked: what Greggs’ vegan sausage roll says about Brexit Britain 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z A year later, baffled Americans were discussing how Brits were now having a serious debate about whether gammon was a racist word. From woke to gammon: buzzwords by the people who coined them 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z “I’m in two minds about the gammon thing,” Davis says now. From woke to gammon: buzzwords by the people who coined them 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z “Just because it's traditional to have turkey doesn't mean we have to. If you’re not bothered by it, get a cheaper cut of meat like a chicken or a gammon joint,” he says. Should you shop now to save on Christmas food? 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z Until recently, Laira Green Primary School in Plymouth served local Cornish beef for its roast dinners every Thursday, but has now switched to gammon as a cheaper alternative. School dinners: Beef off the menu as costs rise 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z He complained of being labelled a "red gammon head" and a "ruddy-faced buffoon". Rosacea: 'Your skin doesn't define you' 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z Her ham in cola is a treasure of a dish that calls for boiling a gammon in two liters of Coca-Cola, with an onion chucked in for mellow savoriness. The Secret to This Glazed Holiday Ham? Root Beer. 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z Allen also warned that some traditional festive fare, such as pigs in blankets or Christmas gammons, may not be available, due to the well-publicised supply chain problems. Fuel crisis is a ‘warning sign’ for the UK economy, as staff shortages spread – business live 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z Five pallets of gammon steaks were donated when the pubs closed. Fighting food poverty in a virus lockdown 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z Historians may puzzle over how the UK's Brexit debate sometimes resembled a battle between snowflakes and gammons. Why stereotypes could be bad for us 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Apparently, calling rightwing, red-faced, middle-aged white men “gammon” is racist, yet golliwogs, according to 63% of Britons in a survey, are not racist. The treatment of Meghan is racist. We should feel able to say so | Yomi Adegoke 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z The term "gammon" first emerged as a pejorative by online viewers of Question Time in 2016. Dimbleby's 25 years on Question Time 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z The "gammon" insult gained popularity after a collage of contributors to the BBC's Question Time programme - each middle-aged, white and male - was shared along with the phrase "Great Wall of Gammon" in 2017. Twitter seeks help on dehumanising speech 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z "Some of them thought gammon and pineapple was exotic," Mark says. The town that is Scotland's chilli capital 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z However, "gammon" gained popularity after a collage of contributors to Question Time was shared along with the phrase "Great Wall of Gammon" in 2017. Why your social media is covered in gammon 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z They say the bookie always wins - but in 1898 a mystery syndicate managed to gammon the establishment and make themselves a tidy sum with an audacious scam. The woman who gave birth to rabbits 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z I look at the new language of the Corbyn crew – “melts”, “slugs”, “gammon” – and see a discourse of contempt. The words we use matter – just ask a teenager | Suzanne Moore 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z Asked whether calling men "gammon" would count as dehumanising speech, the company said it would first seek the views of its members. Twitter seeks help on dehumanising speech 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z The father of three children, aged nine, 18 and 19, says he will be going for a cheaper cut of meat for Christmas dinner such as brisket, gammon or belly pork. Can you cook Christmas dinner for £1? - BBC News 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z Many others online drew a comparison between those offended by the term "gammon", and their derision of "snowflakes" as easily offended. Why your social media is covered in gammon 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z We have an idea of Cameron as an empty suit – he’s remarkably forgettable for someone who has a face like a gammon travel iron. What if David Cameron is an evil genius? 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z I'll be having a fresh fruit yoghurt for lunch, the same thing I have every day, and I've got a bit of boiled gammon for dinner. The people who choose to be alone at Christmas 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z We adjourn to Gusto, his local café, where the staff offer him gammon and eggs. Tony Booth: 'Can Miliband Win? In Your F***ing Dreams' We very carefully constructed a couple of slabs of gammon to make the bra-part of the dress. Dressed to grill: Undertones of Lady Gaga 2013-11-15T00:08:49Z Noting the recent accusations of racism, artist Doc Hackenbush shared two "gammon"-inspired illustrations, saying: "I guess these are racist now." Why your social media is covered in gammon 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z If you are a coward, your horse will soon find it out, and will laugh at you; for horses can and do laugh when they what is usually termed "gammon" their riders. Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes 2012-04-23T02:00:28.843Z For a gammon, play the second pair from the five men in his outer table. Hoyle's Games Modernized 2012-04-15T02:00:05.927Z He is probably a shepherd or swine-herd; on one side is seated his dog, at the other are hung two fat gammons of bacon. The Grotesque in Church Art 2012-03-27T02:00:18.973Z I asked him once for an explanation; but he looked rather grave, and said something about "gammon," evidently quite sure that my ignorance of London was a mere quiz. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z Bishop Hall says in his description of a carousal, “Then comes me up a service of shoeing-horns of all sorts,—salt cakes, red-herrings, anchovies, and gammon of bacon, and abundance of such pullers on.” Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z All gammon, sir! all gammon!" is the rejoinder of the laird, "I wouldn't give a fig for the whole pack. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z For a gammon, play the last two from the six to the trois point in your own table. Hoyle's Games Modernized 2012-04-15T02:00:05.927Z "I don't want to gammon a decent fellow like Crampy, but I can't afford to lose a thousand pounds," George muttered, after the driver had departed with the banknotes. A Drake by George! 2012-01-09T03:00:22.163Z But this is gammon, and should deceive only the grossly ignorant. Essays on Modern Novelists 2011-11-22T03:00:10.817Z When he spoke Norse easily, how he would gammon them! The Heritage of the Kurts, Volume I (of 2) 2011-10-21T02:00:20.960Z “That’s all gammon,” Percy returned; “there’s a limit to what people can suffer!” Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z For a gammon, play two men only, from the point last mentioned to the cinque point in your own table. Hoyle's Games Modernized 2012-04-15T02:00:05.927Z About de war and cotton “famine,” Dey talk a heap of “twaddle and gammon,” Far away, etc. Southern War Songs Camp-Fire, Patriotic and Sentimental 2011-09-27T02:00:19.517Z You should have heard her laugh! 'twas plain she did not believe him to be serious; she said it was all gammon, and she wondered what next indeed. Palm Tree Island 2011-09-21T02:00:31.730Z Dainty fresh salmon! without any gammon, Hare skins or rabbit skins! hare skins, cook I buy! A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern 2011-08-19T02:00:15.893Z But that is, in the end, all gammon. Helena's Path 2011-07-29T02:00:22.607Z After a gammon or backgammon, the players throw again for the right to begin, as at starting. Hoyle's Games Modernized 2012-04-15T02:00:05.927Z Even "corpse-feeding" was represented to Mr. Dawson by intelligent old blacks, as "white fellows' gammon".** Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Then there are the restless characters who take up street-selling partly because they like to gammon the public, partly because they dislike steady industry, and partly because I fancy they cherish expectations of another sort. Days and Nights in London or, Studies in Black and Gray 2011-07-12T02:00:29.167Z “I don’t know whether this is a bit of gammon, Mr Pradelle,” said the sergeant sharply, “but I never lose a chance.” The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z And that's only gammon about the appointment made out yesterday; he wants to ride off on that. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z For a gammon, play the ace from the six to the ace point in your own table. Hoyle's Games Modernized 2012-04-15T02:00:05.927Z To which I briefly reply, "It's all gammon and stuff from beginning to end;" and what between your blunders in grammar and your informant's ignorance of fact, all such information is n't worth a "trauneen." The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z The measurer used to walk round the barge and be busy trying the stuff here and there, to see if there was no gammon. Scamping Tricks and Odd Knowledge Occasionally Practised upon Public Works 2011-01-14T03:00:46.103Z No, no! this is all gammon, Hugh, and is not to be regarded as making us a whit worse than our neighbors. The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z Troops were given two tonnes of turkey, one and a half tonnes of gammon, one and a half tonnes of Brussels sprouts, the Ministry of Defence said. Afghan Christmas meal for troops 2010-12-25T16:43:37Z For a gammon, play the ace from the six to the cinque point in your own table. Hoyle's Games Modernized 2012-04-15T02:00:05.927Z No, now, it isn’t gammon, as you so politely call it. Christmas Penny Readings Original Sketches for the Season 2010-12-20T17:11:47.497Z I say, Mr Dalzell, what was that you said about losing life, and all that gammon? Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 8 You’ve been crammed and filled up with all sorts o’ gammon; but I wonder at you, Sergeant Falkner, a-listening to what such a thing as that says.” A Little World "All gammon, boys, all gammon," he began, seating himself familiarly among them on the fence-rail. Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches If the winner has borne off all his men before his adversary has begun to do the same, the game is known as a "gammon." Hoyle's Games Modernized 2012-04-15T02:00:05.927Z “I don’t care; it’s all gammon!” exclaimed the clerk; “and if I was to say, ‘crafts and assaults of the devil, Good Lord, deliver us,’ they’d all vanish.” Christmas Penny Readings Original Sketches for the Season 2010-12-20T17:11:47.497Z As soon as we entered, and the door was shut— "Betsy," said he, "there is no use for gammon now; find your tongue, lass, and help me to find my arms." Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 8 Once, twice, old chap," said Bourdin, "will you stop your gammon? The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 2 of 6 And you won't be able to gammon him with any yarn about my having jumped overboard. A Traitor's Wooing They will stand no fooling; they are accustomed to gammon, they live by it. The Dangerous Classes of New York And Twenty Years' Work Among Them And, sir," he went on earnestly, "don't you be took in by none of the gammon of this 'ere person. The Riddle of the Night "Not to any of us, sir," replied the turnkey, gruffly; "he may do so with his fellows below in the hold, but he knows better than to try on that gammon with us." Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience You used to gammon us the same way on your cursed week-end sprees. Where the Pavement Ends They smoke no part of the hog except the hams, or gammons. Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend Unfortunately, Lord Aberdeen is not the man for the public. p. 37The public likes to be gammoned, and his lordship cannot gammon. Here and There in London He looked a little impatient at all this; he seemed to say, 'I know all this kind of nonsense; I have heard shiploads of such gammon before. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance Tom Duncombe thanks his stars that the Jews never can come into Parliament, as it will be a matter of impossibility for them to swallow the immense quantity of gammon there is in the House. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) Only an old collection of plays I bought to gammon him with. Where the Pavement Ends "Do you fancy, Master Paul, that gammon like this can impose upon a man of my sort?" Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day "Russians are tremendous swells at palaver," he says, with much contempt, "gammon you no end if you like to believe 'em: they've always some political dodge or other behind it all." A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June "Done, for fifty pounds; double on the gammon!" cried I. "Fifty fiddlesticks!" cried he; "where would you or I find as many shillings?" A Day's Ride A Life's Romance Take as much gammon as will lie in the compass of a diplomatic circle; and mince along with butter, sugar, and pigeons' milk in equal quantities. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) All the time you was readin' to him—" "Only gammon, sir. Where the Pavement Ends Regarding the matter as a mere monetary question—" "No gammon,—cut the cards," broke in Davis; "one game must finish us. Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day "It was all gammon then, about your being lonely and that?" Leonore Stubbs Cribbage, back gammon, euchre, seven up, and sometimes we would play poker for the beans we drew for our rations. In and Out of Rebel Prisons Am inclined to suspect there is a great deal of gammon written about "slope" and "expanse" for orchards. The Apple And so they made out to gammon him for his own good, to practice on him, as they put it. Where the Pavement Ends My amiable lady had frequently said it was all “bosh;” that to try to raise silk in this country was mere gammon. Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889 None o' your gammon—pewter arn't to be picked up in the highways. Olla Podrida Without any gammon, I am much more happy than ever even in my day-dreams I ventured to imagine I might be. James Gilmour of Mongolia His diaries, letters, and reports The first is the taste, which is something like guff, Tho’ with gammon ’twill also compare; The next is the sound, which is simple enough— It resembles escaping hot air. The So-called Human Race "Well, but I wonder if they require Greek there, too, and such like gammon." The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 You’re not the kind to be talked over with any French gammon, and he’s plenty of that. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) “No, by thunder!” he cried, “it’s us must break the treaty when the time comes; and till then I’ll gammon that doctor, if I have to ile his boots with brandy.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Swanston Edition Vol. 6 (of 25) It's all gammon, father, about her not being right in her head. The Broom-Squire "Well, then," answered the woman, "here is a little bit of gammon of bacon which I will broil for you upon the embers, and if you can make a supper you are heartily welcome." The History of Sandford and Merton During the sticky flow of her words, he knew she was trying to gammon him. The Paliser case But when they did move into the new-old home and Steve was led through each room of gammon and spinach, as he had faintly whispered to Mary Faithful, he found himself only amused. The Gorgeous Girl Whoever stuffed you with such idiotic rot as that is making gammon of you! The Crevice Matabel," she said, and drew her lips together and contracted her brows, "whatever father may scheme about making a will, it's all gammon and nonsense. The Broom-Squire Let the gammon soak for twenty-four hours in warm water. The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. Take a scrag or knuckle of veal, slices of undressed gammon of bacon, onions, mace, and simmer them in a small quantity of water, till it is very strong. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families The bowsprit is passed through a ring at the top of the stern, and this ring is termed the gammon iron. Boys' Book of Model Boats Two pounds will require about an hour and a half, according to its thickness; the hock or gammon being very thick, will take more. The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual I have a gammon of bacon and two razes of Ginger to be delivered as far as Charing Cross. 1st Henry IV, act ii, sc. The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare Pork, to collar 136 ——, to pickle ib. ——, chine, to stuff or roast ib. —— cutlets 137 ——, gammon, to roast ib. ——, leg, to broil ib. ——, spring, to roast ib. The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. Put alternately in layers the chicken, slices of ham, or fresh gammon of bacon, forcemeat balls, and eggs boiled hard. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families You've no idea till you try what a magical effect absence has; poetry is all gammon. Somehow Good "No, by thunder!" he cried, "it's us must break the treaty when the time comes; and till then I'll gammon that doctor, if I have to ile his boots with brandy." Treasure Island But stars and garters, caps and wands, and all other noli me tangeres, are gammon to those who can see through them. The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson By One of the Firm Take slices of lean gammon of bacon, and season it with chives, parsley, and white pepper; spread them over the chine, and lay the bacon upon them. The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. Two pounds will require to be boiled gently about an hour and a half, according to its thickness: the hock or gammon being very thick, will take more. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families The worst of the job is, you see, that the bits I remember clearest are the greatest gammon. Somehow Good But if you find that you can probably save the gammon by bringing both your men out of his table, do not wait for a blot. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" But it's gammon to say that he can't begin without it. The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson By One of the Firm Thou never hadst in thy house, to stay men's stomachs, A piece of Suffolk cheese, or gammon of bacon, Or any esculent, as the learned call it, For their emolument, but sheer drink only. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1810 The bacon is the whole outside, and contains a fore leg and a ham; the last of these is the hind leg, but if left with the bacon it is called a gammon. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families If you think you've come on board to gammon me, the sooner you get that idea out of your heads the better. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War I did not like that, still my nerves were firm, for I knew it was all gammon. The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages With back gammon checkers and cards the evening passed pleasantly. A History of Lumsden's Battery, C.S.A. To one who came to him to be his disciple, he gave a gammon of bacon to carry and desired him to follow him. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Take off the rind of the ham and gammon, and soak it in water; cover the fat part with writing paper, roast, and baste it with canary. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families “It is a dinner of herbs, Father,” said Agnes, echoing the smile; “for ’tis a bit of gammon of bacon and spinach, with eggs in poach.” It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot Mrs. Peck would have told me that their separation was gammon; they didn't show together on deck and in the saloon, but they made it up elsewhere. A London Life and Other Tales I know those sort of things—magic and gammon.” The Peril Finders Diogenes meeting him a few days after, said to him, "What? has a gammon of bacon broken our friendship?" Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Shred a little ham or gammon, some cold veal or fowl, beef suet, parsley, a small quantity of onion, and a very little lemon peel. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families ‘Yes, brother, but Pakomovna was born on a common not far from the sign of the gammon.’ The Romany Rye A Sequel to 'Lavengro' “I say, Bob, there’d be no gammon over that: the savage beggars would believe that they had a real live magician come amongst them then.” In the Mahdi's Grasp “That’s all gammon, steward,” said Master Tommy, still looking about here and there and finding nothing but a desert of empty dishes and dirty plates. Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant Say, Mas’r Harry, that stuff people drink in England’s all gammon.” The Golden Magnet “And don’t let Mrs Billson gammon you into lending her none of it.” The Bag of Diamonds ‘Yes, brother; but gammon likewise means—’ ‘I know it does, Jasper; it means fun, ridicule, jest; it is an ancient Norse word, and is found in the Edda.’ The Romany Rye A Sequel to 'Lavengro' Then a tall, thin man, with an attenuated face like a starved fowl, said sneeringly in English,— 'What for you want to make gammon you no savee about horse?' Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899 You can’t gammon me, my man, though you might take in the first lieutenant! Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant Why, if I liked, I could a’most gammon him into anything.” The Queen's Scarlet The Adventures and Misadventures of Sir Richard Frayne S. What, ho! set that gammon of bacon on the board. Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592 As for the twelve sons and daughters in the planters' families, and the fifteen to twenty-five children in the negro families, it is perfect gammon. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 “That gammon won’t do,” replied one of them, who was a constable; “you’ll come along with us, and we may as well put on the darbies,” continued he, producing a pair of handcuffs. Japhet in Search of a Father They gave a loud knock, and they gave a loud call, With a roly-poly, gammon and spinach, Heigho, says Anthony Roly! Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk I had hard work to keep from it myself; but he isn’t to be laughed at either, for, without any gammon, he’s the finest fellow I ever saw, and a real gentleman as well.” The Queen's Scarlet The Adventures and Misadventures of Sir Richard Frayne I wished in season for a cut of salmon; And what she brought me was a huge fat gammon. The Book of Humorous Verse I say, what a lot of gammon they do write in books! Dead Man's Land Being the Voyage to Zimbambangwe of certain and uncertain blacks and whites "As Mrs. Smiley don't like it I won't say anything more about gammon;—not just at present, that is." Orley Farm "That's all very pretty, but it 's all gammon in my opinion," responded Henry. The Old Folks' Party 1898 A sister sent also a gammon and some peas. A Narrative of some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller Written by Himself, Third Part A landsman said, "I twig the chap—he's been upon the Mill— And 'cause he gammons so the flats, ve calls him Veeping Bill!" The Book of Humorous Verse I observed, “Well, I must say you ‘gammon’ through very well, for I always think you are one of the easiest speakers of the day.” The Idler Magazine, Volume III, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Mr. Moulder, I don't exactly know what you mean by that word gammon, but it's objectionable. Orley Farm I remember seeing mentioned somewhere, without any reference to this chorus, that rowley powley is a name for a plump fowl, of which both "gammon and spinach" are posthumous connexions. Notes and Queries, Number 35, June 29, 1850 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Says Pat, 'Cease your nonsense, I beg; What you tell me is nothing but gammon. The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson Says Pat, "Cease your nonsense, I beg— What you tell me is nothing but gammon; Take my compliments down to the leg, And bid it come hither a salmon!" The Book of Humorous Verse Came the shouts of the young Syrians over the gammon game. The Wind Bloweth "What is gammon, Mr. Moulder?" said the other, beginning to be angry. Orley Farm I should think I don’t, or any man who can talk such gammon,’ answered Brown, in a tone of defiance. Paul Gerrard The Cabin Boy It’s bam, old man, all bam; bosh and gammon,” said Orrick. The Lifeboat “Wot is gammon?” demanded Big Chief, with a somewhat disappointed look. Jarwin and Cuffy I laughed and said, ‘None of your gammon;’ but he was dead. Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet "Mr. Moulder, I didn't call your tea and coffee and brandy gammon." Orley Farm “It’s all gammon about being honest and getting on.” To The West Now I’m going to see if I can’t get out; and if that beggar hears me I must try and gammon him. Trapped by Malays A Tale of Bayonet and Kris “Now I’ll make bold to say that among all the bigwigs he has under him, including himself, there isn’t one on ’em knows how to gammon a bowsprit or turn in a dead-eye. Salt Water The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midshipman “I ain’t bound to believe your gammon, I guess; you may be spies, so come along with us and we’ll see about it.” Hurricane Hurry “It’s all gammon about haunting and ghosts and goblins,” said Gilmore. The Weathercock Being the Adventures of a Boy with a Bias “Oh yes, there’s no gammon about that, my lad; we’re somewheres in the dark, and it’s ’bout the solidest, thickest darkness I ever found myself in. Sail Ho! A Boy at Sea “Don’t answer him, Rob; it’s only his gammon, and he thinks it’s witty,” said Joe. Rob Harlow's Adventures A Story of the Grand Chaco “Why, I know how to gammon a bowsprit,” I replied, looking at him very hard. Salt Water The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midshipman Didn’t you go and gammon the soldiers when they were after the escaped French prisoners? The Ocean Cat's Paw The Story of a Strange Cruise “Make a horse laugh to hear such gammon.” Nic Revel A White Slave's Adventures in Alligator Land “Oh, there’s no gammon ’bout that, my lad. Sail Ho! A Boy at Sea So you do, sir, so you do! and it was only my gammon. Middy and Ensign It was only his gammon to frighten us into speaking if we were there.” The Adventures of Don Lavington Nolens Volens Trying to humbug me with your lying gammon about the axe. First in the Field A Story of New South Wales “It’s all gammon to call him ill, and for the doctor to keep coming,” said Tom Tallington. Dick o' the Fens A Tale of the Great East Swamp “Well, sir, they’re behaving like ’em, and there’s no gammon about it now. Sail Ho! A Boy at Sea My word, what a lot of gammon has been written about rifle-shooting! A Dash from Diamond City “All right, call it gammon,” I said, stooping to tighten my boot-laces. Blue Jackets The Log of the Teaser It was all gammon, and he never meant to teach us, and we shan’t be able to serve those two out. Burr Junior Knowing ones, too, I guess: they’ll try to trick us with their gammon, you see. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life “Nonsense, boy, don’t you try to gammon me,” cried the master-at-arms, as soon as he was able to speak. Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy He says some gammon about not being quite sure. The Willoughby Captains It’s no use you trying to impose on me with your gammon!” My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life It’s all gammon—that poking out your left arm and fending with your right. Burr Junior And so the poem goes on "with a rowly-powly, gammon and spinach," and nobody knows what it means. By the Christmas Fire Down our throats you’d cram your projects, thick and hard as pickled salmon, That, I s’pose, you call free trading,—I pronounce it utter gammon. The Bon Gaultier Ballads However, some intelligent old aborigines of Western Victoria derided the custom as "white fellow's gammon." The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia I suppose you are right," said Charlie, "but it is all gammon to me. The Bobbin Boy or, How Nat Got His learning In such cases, however, sympathy is all gammon; and as for sensibility of a winter’s day, people keep it all for their own noses, and can’t be coaxed to retail it by the small.’ The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, February 1844 Volume 23, Number 2 "Unless he mean to drown hisself in the Reach, it's hard to say what he do mean by all that gammon about the River Bank," said Grimes, as he canvassed for the other Liberal candidate. Can You Forgive Her? "So far as fruits are concerned, I prefer that piece of beef, that ham, or that simple gammon of bacon, cuirassed with jelly as transparent as amber." Bohemians of the Latin Quarter My story of troubles and loves has been sneered at as the sheerest gammon. Dream Life A Fable Of The Seasons Cluffe wished the whole company, except himself, at the bottom of the Red Sea; for he was taking his revenge of Puddock, and had already lost a gammon and two hits. The House by the Church-Yard They told me Mayor Bigelow hated proscription—but I knew it was gammon! The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales By application to the boatswain of the yard, assistance will be given to gammon the bowsprit, preparatory to its being clothed, which is the technical term for rigging that important spar. The Lieutenant and Commander Being Autobigraphical Sketches of His Own Career, from Fragments of Voyages and Travels "Begorra, if it's bacon ye want without cutting your pig, it will be all gammon." Amusements in Mathematics It isn't you who are privileged to meet my Lady Morgan in the street— 'And then to gammon her, in the Examiner, With a paragraph short and sweet.' Prince Fortunatus O, don't 'tempt to gammon me, 'case I knows by the way that yer does—that yer knows all 'bout the trick. The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia "That gammon won't do," replied one of them, who was a constable; "you'll come along with us, and we may as well put on the darbies," continued he, producing a pair of handcuffs. Japhet, in Search of a Father To make up for gammon, You order some salmon, Which comes to your fauces, With boats without sauces. The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood You needn't come here with that gammon, missis, whoever you be. Verner's Pride BULL's fame, in a boat, seems all gammon and spinach. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, October 15, 1892 Good-bye, dearest Mrs. Jackson, all right, thank you," replies Mrs. Sprat, stepping up the ladder, and adjusting herself in the gammon board opposite the guard, the seat the last comer generally gets.—"But stay! Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities We have a carpenter of your name; we can gag him and gammon the public, as follows:— Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 13, 1841 Thou Scottish Barmecide, feeding the hunger Of Curiosity with airy gammon! The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood "I never could read one myself, on account o' not knowing how, but I've heard 'em read, and that's just the sort o' incomprehensible gammon." Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood "And were you cocksure you would win, With your forty-one strokes all sheer gammon and spinach?" Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, October 15, 1892 All this gammon respecting Continental precedent and taste was beside the question; it only invited gratuitous vituperation of the French nation. The Siege of Kimberley However, Tom settled the matter with a conclusive, "Oh, gammon!"—sat himself down, and made himself quite comfortable. Mistress and Maid Oh, that's all gammon, Jue," he said: "you know very well your father doesn't care to have any one stay with you—it's too much bother. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 I laughed and said, 'None of your gammon;' but he was dead. Monsieur Violet By the way, what an infamous shame it was of you to go and gammon old Mackenzie into the belief that he can read poetry! Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 27, June, 1873 "I wish to Heaven you would drop that sort of gammon when we are alone," he said irritably. The Firm of Girdlestone Piper's watchword, also, when taking up his carabine, usually was "Bell gammon soldiers." Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 While Sir Peregrine courteously relieved his sister-in-law of the trouble of carving the gammon of bacon which accompanied the veal which her husband was helping, Dr. Woodford informed her of her son’s progress towards recovery. A Reputed Changeling Or Three Seventh Years Two Centuries Ago Of course that is gammon and spinach, Or, to put it correctly, a joke. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, October 18, 1890 "I didn't gammon him," said Lavender with a laugh. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 27, June, 1873 Well," demanded the captain, "what is it, a bit of gammon? The Boy Scouts of the Eagle Patrol "Busby's tellin' ye gammon," roared Tom Green, who rode on the second sledge in rear of that on which Davie Summers sat. The World of Ice Then began flagons to go, gammons to trot, goblets to fly, and glasses to rattle. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 07 — Fiction But dont you try to make me swallow any gammon about my disgracing you and so forth. The Irrational Knot Being the Second Novel of His Nonage He refrains from boring his readers with prolix gammon about his foreign and domestic relations. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 01, April 2, 1870 He swore that all other religions were gammon, And wore out his knees in the worship of Mammon. The Devil's Dictionary That may be your religion, but it's my gammon. Little Dorrit When told about the Land of Morn Above this world of Mammon, He'd shout, with an emphatic scorn, "Ah, gammon, gammon, gammon!" The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens Two are carriers, one of whom has "a gammon of bacon and two razes of ginger, to be delivered as far as Charing Cross;" the other has his panniers full of turkeys. The Life of Thomas Telford; civil engineer with an introductory history of roads and travelling in Great Britain "The fool," answered Wamba, raising the relics of a gammon of bacon, "will take care to erect a bulwark against the knave." Ivanhoe It's rather more than it ought to be, my dear; but as I know you'll do me a good turn another time, and—' 'Stow that gammon,' interposed the robber, impatiently. Oliver Twist I always thought, up to three days ago, that the names of Veller and gammon could never come into contract, Sammy, never.' The Pickwick Papers “Yes, brother; but gammon likewise means—” “I know it does, Jasper; it means fun, ridicule, jest; it is an ancient Norse word, and is found in the Edda.” The Romany Rye "That's all gammon," said Percy Beaumont; "there's a limit to what people can suffer!" An International Episode "It's us must break the treaty when the time comes; and till then I'll gammon that doctor, if I have to ile his boots with brandy." Treasure Island Come!" said Spyers, offering him a pinch of snuff, "none of that gammon! Oliver Twist So then they pours him out a glass of wine, and gammons him about his driving, and gets him into a reg'lar good humour, and at last shoves a twenty-pound note into his hand. The Pickwick Papers And I fall away like a gammon of bacon. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 "Well, Harry, I'll take the black men now, and gammon you," said Corny. Tales and Novels — Volume 09 Now," he began, when he had filled his pipe with great deliberation and got it fairly alight, "this here yarn as I'm going to tell you ain't no gammon. By Sheer Pluck, a Tale of the Ashanti War But he can hardly be called a sentimentalist, as Greeley was, and there is nothing but sentiment--gush and gammon--in the proposed League of Nations. Marse Henry, Complete An Autobiography But he can hardly be called a sentimentalist, as Greeley was, and there is nothing but sentiment—gush and gammon—in the proposed League of Nations. Marse Henry (Volume 2) An Autobiography By a pulley-rope wine is let down into a cellar, and by a gammon into the stomach. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 Charley, perhaps, did mean gammon; but he protested that he had never been more truthfully in earnest in his life. The Three Clerks It is gammon,—running away with ideas like them, just as if you was one of the public. The Eustace Diamonds "It is all gammon about their resigning, is it not, Brookfield?" one of the officers said, as they stood looking after them. With Buller in Natal, Or, a Born Leader "It's turned out all gammon, Jack," said one. White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War It is, answered Gargantua, the very life of the patriarchs and holy fathers; for naturally I sleep salt, and my sleep hath been to me in stead of so many gammons of bacon. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 Gibbon fancies he was at one time an unscrupulous bacon dealer, and that he finally did considerable business in religious gammon. Our Churches and Chapels Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston Well, the trader fella was sure it was all gammon, and told us stories of men who'd sacrificed everything and joined a stampede, and got sold—sold badly. The Magnetic North Talking about missing fire reminds me that it's all gammon about not being allowed to carry cartridges or combustibles on board a steamer, or on board the "Montreal" any way. Canada for Gentlemen "Come, don't gammon so much, but begin," said Skeleton. Mysteries of Paris, V3 Which purpose was no sooner mentioned, but forthwith began flagons to go, gammons to trot, goblets to fly, great bowls to ting, glasses to ring. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 "Will you bet on the game or the gammon?" Warlock o' Glenwarlock It's not a question of this gammon you are telling me. The Triple Marriage There must be a fearful amount of gammon in the talk about this country somewhere. Canada for Gentlemen "I don't want none o' your gammon, Bob." Many Cargoes A gammon of Bacon makes a man drink, drinking quencheth a mans thirst; Ergo, a gammon of bacon quencheth a mans thirst. Literary and Philosophical Essays: French, German and Italian Don't disturb me, Palamedes; there were also handled about a basket of sugar-cakes, of which we wantonly took some, and sent away the gammon of bacon. The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter "It's all very well to say gammon; but his money has been took,—and there's more to come." He Knew He Was Right They take a fiendish delight in torturing us with tantrums, galling us with gammon, and pelting us with platitudes. The Fiend's Delight It's all gammon this bringing bright outlandish men here, and trying to pass them off for white folks. Manuel Pereira Come, no gammon, No. 19; it is the crank or the jacket, or else the black hole. It Is Never Too Late to Mend I don't want to interrupt you, Larry; but you know this is all gammon. John Bull's Other Island "Come, then, no gammon," growled his companion—the "cousin out o' Yorkshire" of the keeper's tree. Under Two Flags But as we intimated before, there is much gammon in the popular editorial cry of poverty. The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 1: Essays, Sketches, and Letters Any one walking in and seeing my show for the first time begins by taking it for a display of smoked provisions, gammons of some outlandish bacon curing in the sun. The Mason-Bees "Hold your tongue then and don't waste my time with your gammon," said Meadows sternly. It Is Never Too Late to Mend Ah, but I do understand you; and I say it is gammon. Framley Parsonage And that holy woman had been urging him to take it to Bath, with her face as long as a tea-tray, and some gammon from that doctor of his. Five Tales "Come, come," says I, "sir"—for I'm pretty wide awake—"none of your gammon; you're not going to book ME." Burlesques Harry he gammon along him all the time too much. The Cruise of the Snark Sir," he crept on, "if the most ardent zeal, if punctuality, secrecy, and unscrupulous fidelity—" "Hold your gammon! It Is Never Too Late to Mend Either it was gammon on his part, or else the work of my father's imagination.' The Heir of Redclyffe Mrs. Peck would doubtless have assured me that their separation was gammon: they didn’t show together on deck and in the saloon, but they made it up elsewhere. The Patagonia Mrs Elton having gone to Lady Emily's room, he proposed back gammon; and on that surpassing game, the gentlemen expended the best part of two dreary hours. David Elginbrod So stow your gammon, and spare your stamps, is my last word.—Yours respectfully to command, Old Friends, Epistolary Parody I have a gammon of bacon and two razes of ginger, to be delivered as far as Charing-cross. King Henry IV, Part 1 HE never gammons the poor man—except to his manifest advantage in the article of bacon. All the Year Round: Contributions He'd come in and see the horses sold, but gammon to be a stranger, and never set eyes on us before. Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields She got high and mighty, and I told her I was old enough to be her grandfather and that I wouldn’t take gammon from a chit like her. Adventure When Ishikola attempted protest, he shut him off with, “My word, you gammon along me too much.” Jerry of the Islands "You little wretch," he yelled, "you have dared to gammon an officer; you deserve—" And then he lifted his hand as if to deal a blow such as would have felled an ox. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola “Me like ’m come on board gammon along you,” Ishikola meekly suggested. Jerry of the Islands As soon as Starlight came on to the Turon he was to rig himself out as a regular swell, and gammon he'd just come out from England to look at the goldfields. Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields It struck me that her gammon was reasonable enough, and I agreed to pull out for Berande right O, and get your orders to go along to Poonga-Poonga. Adventure This Makawao is evidently one of them, and a hard case as well, if there’s anything in Johnny’s gammon about twenty pounds reward for him. Jerry of the Islands |
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