(n.) An old wife; an old woman; -- correlative of gaffer, an old man.
Example Sentences:
(1) According to statues and images of the Saint, the martyrdom took place by stoning or else by the use of instruments of torture such as pincers, gouge and gammer, and dentists' forceps.
Gimmer
Definition:
(n.) Alt. of Gimmor
Example Sentences:
(1) Lambing records were only available for 1972 and 1973 for Sourhope ewes and gimmers of all breeds and showed the following: (see article) This meant that in terms of attention and vigilance, a high shepherding input was necessary with the South Country Cheviot flock.
(2) Pregnant Dorset horn gimmers inoculated with a non-cytopathic strain of the border disease virus produced "hairy shaker" lambs that were individually affected to a varying degree.
(3) Intensive observation and measurements of some relevant parameters were therefore made in the gimmer age group of this flock, numbering 126, during the lambing season of 1974; 39-7 per cent required assitance.
(4) A 2-year-old Suffolk gimmer presented with clinical signs of haemoglobinuria, jaundice, anaemia and acute mastitis.