gammer

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gammer

/ɡæmə/ UK

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Reduction of godmother or grandmother.

noun gammers

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 […]

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@misc{gammer_2026,
  title = {gammer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gammer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}