亚洲网紅露点

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gammy

[ gam-ee ]

adjective

British Informal.
gammier, gammiest.
  1. disabled; lame:

    a gammy leg.



gammy

/ 藞伞忙尘瑟 /

adjective

  1. slang.
    (esp of the leg) malfunctioning, injured, or lame; game US equivalentgimpy
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of gammy1

First recorded in 1830鈥40; originally dialectal, perhaps from dialectal French; compare Norman dialect gambier 鈥渉aving bad legs,鈥 gambie 鈥渓补尘别,鈥 Middle French gambi 鈥渂ent, crooked,鈥 all ultimately derivative of Late Latin gamba; jamb 1
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of gammy1

C19: from Shelta gyamyath bad, altered form of Irish cam crooked; see game
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Jokingly adding: "But being in Rage Against the Machine and having a gammy leg is quite funny."

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Look up first what to avoid with an gammy knee or similar, rather than typing 鈥渞outines for one rubbish knee鈥 into Google.

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"It had a lot of memories of my gammy. She died."

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She hobbles 鈥 a gammy left knee, I think.

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I am not quite as dexterous with my left hand now and I've got a little bit of a gammy leg and can't walk quite as fast.

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