gammon
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- noun
- /ˈɡæmən/
- UK
:
jamón
- The buffet featured various dishes including roasted gammon, salads, and desserts.
- gammon steak
- gammon steak with pineapple
And I was just like what, like gammon and with the egg on top, just what I don't I don't want to answer the next one down because it's going to be silly.
- And I was just like what, like gammon and with the egg on top, just what I don't I don't want to answer the next one down because it's going to be silly.
Examples
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This is the parsley and Creme fresh sauce, gammon mash and the roasted veg.
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I'm pleased to report we are still alive after my gammon and egg extravaganza.
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And I will bet a side of gammon.
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Just a big old gammon unsmoked.
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We've got some gammon, we've got some beef, like quite a lot of pieces of beef.
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That evening, I incinerated the two huge pieces of gammon, along with boiled new potatoes, runner beans, and a fried rubber egg on top.
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At the end of the main street where we turned towards the Abbey previously, we went in the opposite direction and came across David Dudley Butchers' shop, which had a fine display in the window. So, two huge gammon steaks later, we were heading back to the greengrocer that Sue had spotted to pick up other comestibles.
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For dinner, I prepared a delicious gammon steak served with a side of pineapple.
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On Christmas, our family traditionally enjoys a glazed gammon as the centerpiece of the meal.
Synonyms
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The meat from a pig that people eat
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Meat from a pig's back leg usually cured and eaten hot or cold
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A salted or smoked pork cut from the pig's thigh, usually sliced for sandwiches
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gammon originally named the pig's hind leg. The word comes from old French gambon, from a late Latin word gamba meaning 'leg', so it has always meant the leg cut of pork — like a big 'ham' — which is why we use gammon for cured or smoked pig thigh.