Definition for GAM'MON

GAM'MON, n. [It. gamba; Fr. jambe, a leg; jambon, a leg of bacon, jambe bone.]

  1. The buttock or thigh of a hog, pickled and smoked or dried; a smoked ham.
  2. A game, called usually back-gammon, – which see.

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