gammy
[ gam-ee ]
/ ˈgæm i /
adjective, gam·mi·er, gam·mi·est. British Informal.
disabled; lame: a gammy leg.
Origin of gammy
1830–40; orig. dial., perhaps < dialectal French; compare Normandy dial.
gambier having bad legs,
gambie lame, Middle French
gambi bent, crooked, all ultimately derivative of Late Latin
gamba; see
jamb1
Words nearby gammy
gammagram,
gammat,
gammer,
gammon,
gammopathy,
gammy,
gamna's disease,
gamna-gandy bodies,
gamo-,
gamogenesis,
gamone
Example sentences from the Web for gammy
But the risks of going to Thailand were well-established prior to the Gammy case.
On Tuesday night, the Thai military raided the IVF clinic where Chanbua was impregnated with Gammy and his twin.
The Farnells were told Gammy was going to die within a day and Chanbua wanted to give him a traditional Thai funeral.
All those words derived from gammy are inserted in the dictionary as from the North country.
The Slang Dictionary |John Camden Hotten
British Dictionary definitions for gammy
gammy
/ (ˈɡæmɪ) /
adjective -mier or -miest
British slang
(esp of the leg) malfunctioning, injured, or lame; game
US equivalent: gimpy
Word Origin for gammy
C19: from Shelta
gyamyath bad, altered form of Irish
cam crooked; see
game ²