gammon1 (gam on)

[Early mod. E. gamen; gammon1, n. Cf. gamel, v., gamblel, v.] I.t in trans. 1. To play; gamble. Finding his conscience deepelye gauld with thee out ragious oathes he vsed too thunder owt in gamening, hee made a few verses as yt were his cygnea oratio. Stan i hurst, Epitaphes, p. 153. 2. To play a part; pretend. [Colloq. or slang.] Jerry did not make his look beggarly enough; but Logic gammoned to be the cadger in fine style, with his crutch and specs. Pierce Egan , Life in London (1821). II. trans. 1. To impose upon; delude; trick; humbug; also, to joke; chaff. [Colloq. or slang.] A landsman said, "I twig the chap he's been upon the Mill And cause he gammons so the flats, ve calls him Veeping Bill!" Barham , In golds by Legends, II. 137. So then they pours him out a gla of wine, and gammons him about his driving, and gets him into a reglar good humour. Dickens , Pickwick, xiii. mon over. See gammon1, n., 1.