(n.) The buttock or thigh of a hog, salted and smoked or dried; the lower end of a flitch.
(v. t.) To make bacon of; to salt and dry in smoke.
(n.) Backgammon.
(n.) An imposition or hoax; humbug.
(v. t.) To beat in the game of backgammon, before an antagonist has been able to get his "men" or counters home and withdraw any of them from the board; as, to gammon a person.
(v. t.) To impose on; to hoax; to cajole.
(v. t.) To fasten (a bowsprit) to the stem of a vessel by lashings of rope or chain, or by a band of iron.
Example Sentences:
(1) The other rowers in the Arctic crew were Billy Gammon, 37, from Cornwall; Rob Sleep, 38, and British army officer Captain David Mans, 28, both from Hampshire.
(2) Six products purchased from Sainsbury’s stores were found to contain the superbug – five Danish gammon steak and one gammon joint – while an Asda Danish unsmoked gammon steak, a Co-operative Danish unsmoked back bacon pack and a Tesco Irish unsmoked gammon steak were also contaminated with CC398.
(3) People were warned not to wade or drive into floodwater after the death of a man, namedas Jonathan Gammon, 52, of Teddington, south-west London, whose car was swept downstream at a ford on the Berkshire-Hampshire border on Monday.
(4) Katharine Gammon is a journalist based in Santa Monica, writing about innovation, science and technology.
(5) Mike Coupe, commercial director at Sainsbury, sees a trend towards more unconventional centrepieces – from three-bird roasts to duck, goose, gammon and rib of beef.
(6) Our investigation is focused on establishing the events leading up to Mr Gammon's death and we will be preparing a file for the coroner."
(7) Of the 100 packets of pork chops, bacon and gammon tested by the Guardian, nine – eight Danish and one Irish – were found to have been infected with CC398.
(8) In this article, Guy Gammon, Eli Sercarz and Gilles Benichou speculate on which T cells may escape tolerance induction and discuss how these cells could subsequently be involved in autoimmunity.
(9) A team of 12 staff spent 24 hours perfecting their creation, using enormous pork pies for wheels, black pudding for handlebars, chipolatas for the chain and a gammon joint for the saddle.
(10) This is evident not only in the sections regarding Jahilia but in a scene of comical intent in which Farishta visits the Taj Mahal hotel in Bombay after a near-fatal illness in order to stuff his mouth with all sorts of pork products, including "the gammon steaks of unbelief and the pig's trotters of secularism".
(11) Mr Gammon was trapped in his car as it attempted to cross a ford on Monday morning.
(12) We've developed a really good chutney made with fresh pineapple and when you put it with gammon it's bloody great.
(13) Ageing prison population graphic Several prisoners, who are acting as carers for the frailer, older inmates, collect and serve them their supper (gammon and pineapple) first, before returning to collect their own.
(14) Moor Sands has a small off-shore rock stack to swim out to and you can also seek out sandy Elender Cove, nestled in the corner of Gammon Head, half a mile to the east.
(15) He appears on ESPN with Peter Gammons to tell the tale, and also accuses the SI writer Selena Roberts of stalking him , a charge she denies.
(16) Unsurprisingly he is a fan of his product, which comes in more than 100 varieties including sausages, bacon, gammon steaks and chorizo, together with Swedish meatballs and German Frankfurters, specially crafted for overseas markets.
(17) He can even make a list of birds' names seem marvellous: Hope, Joy, Youth, Peace, Rest, Life, Dust, Ashes, Waste, Want, Ruin, Despair, Madness, Death, Cunning, Folly, Words, Wigs, Rags, Sheepskin, Plunder, Precedent, Jargon, Gammon, and Spinach.
Victory
Definition:
(n.) The defeat of an enemy in battle, or of an antagonist in any contest; a gaining of the superiority in any struggle or competition; conquest; triumph; -- the opposite of defeat.
Example Sentences:
(1) Yet the Tory promise of fiscal rectitude prevailed in England Alexander had been in charge of Labour’s election strategy, but he could not strategise a victory over a 20-year-old Scottish nationalist who has not yet taken her finals.
(2) I hope this movement will continue and spread for it has within itself the power to stand up to fascism, be victorious in the face of extremism and say no to oppressive political powers everywhere.” Appearing via videolink from Tehran, and joined by London mayor Sadiq Khan and Palme d’Or winner Mike Leigh, Farhadi said: “We are all citizens of the world and I will endeavour to protect and spread this unity.” The London screening of The Salesman on Sunday evening wasintended to be a show of unity and strength against Trump’s travel ban, which attempted to block arrivals in the US from seven predominantly Muslim countries: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Somalia, Syria and Yemen.
(3) Also critical to Mr Smith's victory was the decision over lunch of the MSF technical union's delegation to abstain on the rule changes.
(4) On his blog, Grillo called the referendum results a victory for democracy.
(5) On another day, and possibly under another referee, Newcastle would have cantered to victory.
(6) When we trained on it, my heart sunk,” Coleman said after his side began their Euro 2016 campaign with a nervous victory.
(7) The ruling centre-right coalition government of Angela Merkel was dealt a blow by voters in a critical regional election on Sunday after the centre-left opposition secured a wafer-thin victory, setting the scene for a tension-filled national election in the autumn when everything will be up for grabs.
(8) The supporters – many of them wearing Hamas green headbands and carrying Hamas flags – packed the open-air venue in rain and strong winds to celebrate the Islamist organisation's 25th anniversary and what it regards as a victory in last month's eight-day war with Israel.
(9) Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian Asked if Watson should seek to refresh his mandate after Corbyn’s overwhelming victory among members, McCluskey added: “Well, if Tom wants to try to refresh his mandate it would be interesting to see what happens.” Watson said it was time “to be proud of our party”, because the Conservatives were beatable and the prime minister, Theresa May, could call an election any time.
(10) How on earth do you follow a 5-1 victory over Spain ?
(11) Customers won a significant victory in the battle with the banks earlier this month when a mass hearing was averted at Hull county court.
(12) The fitting element to a Cabrera victory would have been thus: the final round of the 77th Masters fell on the 90th birthday of Roberto De Vicenzo, the great Argentine golfer who missed out on an Augusta play-off by virtue of signing for the wrong score.
(13) Bruton said: "This case is a victory for the environment.
(14) Facebook Twitter Pinterest José Mourinho launched a withering attack on the lack of atmosphere generated by Chelsea’s home supporters after their 2-1 victory against QPR , saying it felt like his side were playing at an “empty stadium”.
(15) A parent who took his anti-Page 3 campaign to Legoland and Wapping is claiming victory after the Danish toymaker announced the end of its two-year partnership with the Sun.
(16) Sometimes in the other team’s half, sometimes in front of his own box, sometimes as the last man.” Die Zeit singles out Bayern’s veteran midfielder Schweinsteiger for praise: “In this historic, dramatic and fascinating victory over Argentina , Schweinsteiger was the boss on the pitch.
(17) The British financial services industry spent £92m last year lobbying politicians and regulators in an "economic war of attrition" that has secured a string of policy victories.
(18) "Gove's overruling by the prime minister is a victory for thousands of young people, teachers and athletes, and is a warning to this government that it cannot simply do what it likes.
(19) A fired-up Lleyton Hewitt just fell short in his bid to steer Australia to an upset victory in their Davis Cup doubles showdown with the United States.
(20) So, for example, Cork City's first-leg victory over Apollon Limassol in the first qualifying round of this season's Champions League means one point will be added to the League of Ireland's coefficient next season - but not to Cork's.