When Morris talks of a house that has been "gammoned," he deprives a large number of readers of his meaning. From Wordnik.com. [English: Composition and Literature] Reference
Dale was gammoned -- the dice were all against him. From Wordnik.com. [Changed Man and the King of Words]
"So could be I could tell people when they been gammoned?". From Wordnik.com. [The Wizard Of London]
Cyclonic storms either blowing with rain or red dust continued to hold them back, and once they "halted fifteen minutes to send back for Gray, who gammoned he could not walk.". From Wordnik.com. [The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told]
"You gammoned the doctor, but you haven't took me in a bit.". From Wordnik.com. [The Kopje Garrison A Story of the Boer War] Reference
"Yes, sir," said the man, grinning; "but I gammoned him a bit.". From Wordnik.com. [Hunting the Skipper The Cruise of the "Seafowl" Sloop] Reference
"Well, they have gammoned a good many other people too," Godfrey said. From Wordnik.com. [Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia] Reference
You gammoned me to make me come in and get my legs wet like yours are. From Wordnik.com. [Devon Boys A Tale of the North Shore] Reference
They played; but the lawyer was gammoned almost incessantly, till he lost £50. From Wordnik.com. [The Gaming Table : Its Votaries and Victims : Vol. 2] Reference
Starlight; and yet he wasn't a bit like the young Englishman he gammoned to be last year, or the Hon. From Wordnik.com. [Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields] Reference
'I'm wery sorry, Sammy, to hear from your lips, as you let yourself be gammoned by that' ere mulberry man. From Wordnik.com. [The Pickwick Papers] Reference
Nine days afterwards the unfortunate man dies -- an act which at any rate is not often successfully gammoned. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888] Reference
'I see the swell chap first -- him as made out he was the owner, and gammoned all the Adelaide gentlemen so neat. From Wordnik.com. [Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields] Reference
"But, my poor Thuillier," said Brigitte, "you have let yourself be gammoned by a rascal; that man belongs to the Godollo set.". From Wordnik.com. [The Lesser Bourgeoisie] Reference
But, between ourselves, I don't believe he knows of any island at all such as he talked about to the men, till he'd gammoned them or bullied them over. From Wordnik.com. [Sail Ho! A Boy at Sea] Reference
"So could be I could tell people when they been gammoned?. From Wordnik.com. [Werehunter]
‘I’m wery sorry, Sammy, to hear from your lips, as you let yourself be gammoned by that ‘ere mulberry man. From Wordnik.com. [The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club] Reference
‘I see the swell chap first — him as made out he was the owner, and gammoned all the Adelaide gentlemen so neat. From Wordnik.com. [Robbery Under Arms] Reference
He’d altered himself that wonderful as I could hardly even now think it was Starlight; and yet he wasn’t a bit like the young Englishman he gammoned to be last year, or the. From Wordnik.com. [Robbery Under Arms] Reference
You reckon this lady's been gammoned, then?. From Wordnik.com. [Werehunter]
"We have, as young Nan would say, been gammoned.". From Wordnik.com. [The Wizard Of London]
Think they're going to be gammoned by a bit of play-acting? ". From Wordnik.com. [To Win or to Die A Tale of the Klondike Gold Craze] Reference
Even Bloomfield's taking his part -- he's gammoned him somehow. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Willoughby Captains] Reference
"Bless your soul! d'ye think I'm to be gammoned by such nonsense. From Wordnik.com. [Jack Sheppard A Romance] Reference
As soon as he had gammoned him sufficiently, he let him out, and sent him about his business. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4] Reference
"Look at that!" cried the portress, in a triumphant manner; "gammoned the citizen! know her name -- she is called D'Orbigny; my means were not bad, Mr. Rudolph?. From Wordnik.com. [Mysteries of Paris — Volume 02] Reference
You've gammoned us enough!. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Garside School] Reference
"Oh, don't you be gammoned," was the reply. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843] Reference
Lord Bacon couldn't have gammoned her better. From Wordnik.com. [Playful Poems] Reference
"That's so, sir, and she gammoned me. From Wordnik.com. [Nic Revel A White Slave's Adventures in Alligator Land] Reference
You reckon this lady's been gammoned, then? ". From Wordnik.com. [The Wizard Of London]
That's a good hand -- Check -- It's your play -- You've gammoned me -- Ay, ay, sir -- Parbleu!. From Wordnik.com. [The Englishwoman in America] Reference
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