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gamgee

gamgee noun: cotton wool.

Noun

gamgee (uncountable)

  1. (UK, dialectal) cotton wool

Proper noun capitalized: Gamgee

Gamgee (plural Gamgees)

  1. A surname

Forms of gamgee

pluralGamgees

Origin of gamgee

From Gamgee Tissue, a surgical dressing containing cotton wool, invented by Dr. Joseph Sampson Gamgee in Birmingham, England, in 1880.

Phrases with gamgee

Questions about gamgee

What does gamgee mean?
Gamgee means cotton wool.
What part of speech is gamgee?
Gamgee can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near gamgee in the dictionary

  1. gamey
  2. gameyness
  3. Gamez
  4. Gamezes
  5. gamfexine
  6. gamgee
  7. Gamgees
  8. gamhar
  9. gamic
  10. gamie
  11. gamier

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