1. n. & v.
--n.
1. the bottom piece of a flitch of bacon including a hind leg.
2 the ham of a pig cured like bacon.
--v.tr. cure (bacon).
Etymology: ONF gambon f. gambe leg: cf. JAMB 2. n. & v.
--n. a kind of victory scoring two games at backgammon.
--v.tr. defeat in this way.
Etymology: app. ME gamen GAME(1) 3. n. & v. colloq.
--n. humbug, deception.
--v.
1. intr. a talk speciously. b pretend.
2 tr. hoax, deceive.
Etymology: 18th c.: orig. uncert.