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Gammy

//ˈɡæmi// adj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Injured, or not functioning properly (with respect to legs).

    "I have got a gammy leg, and can't walk far."

  2. 2
    Fake; counterfeit. obsolete, slang

    "A little bit of real lace would be fixed on this as in process of making, and a lot of "gammy" stuff, imitation lace, would be carried with it."

  3. 3
    Bad; unfavourable. obsolete, slang
Adjective
  1. 1
    (British informal) sore or lame wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Grandmother. colloquial

    "Had our beloved gammy lost it?"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Origin obscure and uncertain. Possibly from the English dialectal (North Midlands) adjective game (“lame”), Welsh cam (“crooked”), or from Irish cam (“bent”), by way of Shelta. Compare also Old Occitan gambi (“lame, limping”), related to Old Occitan gamba (“leg”) (see also French jambe (“leg”), English gam (“leg”)).

Etymology 2

Abbreviation + -y.

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