1819. Vaux, Life. A man who has been tried by a criminal court and by a plausible defence has induced the jury to acquit him, or to banish the capital part of the charge and so to save his life, is said by his associates to have gammoned the twelve in prime twig, alluding to the number of jurymen.
Gammoner, subs. (old).—1. One who gammons (q.v.); a nonsense-monger. Fr., bonisseur de loffitudes; blagueur; mangeur de frimes.
1823. Moncrieff, Tom and Jerry i. Fly to the gammoners, and awake to everything that’s going on.
2. (thieves’).—A confederate who covers the action of his chief; a bonnet, a cover, a stall, all which see. [[115]]
1821. Haggart, Life, p. 66. The Doctor played the part of the gammoner so well that I made my escape without being observed.
Gammy, subs. (tramps’).—1. Cant.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v. Do you stoll the gammy? Do you understand cant?
2. (common).—A nickname for a lameter; a Hopping Jesus; (q.v.).
3. (Australian).—A fool.
1892. Hume Nisbet, Bushranger’s Sweetheart, p. 191. Well, of all the gammies you are the gammiest, Slowboy, to go and string yourself to a woman, when you might have had the pick of Melbourne.