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gammon

[gam-uhn] / ˈgæm ən /


NOUN
thigh
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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.

From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2021

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.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2018

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.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2016

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.

From The Guardian • Jul. 12, 2011

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.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell




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