Gammer

//ɡæmə// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An old woman. obsolete

    "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 […]"

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beldamcarlinecronegaffergeezergrandmother

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"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 […]"

Etymology

Reduction of godmother or grandmother.

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old woman

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