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gammers

gammers is the plural of gammer.

Meaning of gammer

Noun

gammer (plural gammers)

  1. (obsolete) An old woman.
    • If thou return not, Gammer o'er her pail
      Will sing in sorrow, 'neath the brinded cow,
      And Gaffer sigh over his nut-brown ale […]1845, Thomas Cooper, The Purgatory of Suicides, Book the Fourth, Stanza IX

Questions about gammers

What is gammers the plural of?
Gammers is the plural of gammer.

Words near gammers in the dictionary

  1. Gammell
  2. Gammells
  3. gammelost
  4. Gammels
  5. gammer
  6. gammers
  7. gammerstang
  8. gammerstangs
  9. gammet
  10. gammexane
  11. gammie

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