gammon

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

Humbug; deceit; lies. Any assertion which is not strictly true, or, professions believed to be insincere; as, 'I believe you're gammoning, or, 'That's all gammon;' meaning, you are jesting with me, or, that's all a farce.


The gentry say death and distress are all gammon,

And shut up their hearts to the lab'rer's appeal.--Punch, pl. 54.

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