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5 lettersPronunciation /ˈɡæmi/Part of speech adjectiveSorted agmmyStarts with GEnds with Y0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. (British informal) sore or lame

Word origin

Origin obscure and uncertain. Possibly from the English dialectal (North Midlands) adjective game (“lame”), Welsh cam (“crooked”), or from Irish cam (“bent”), by way of Shelta. Compare also Old Occitan gambi (“lame, limping”), related to Old Occitan gamba (“leg”) (see also French jambe (“leg”), English gam (“leg”)).

Used in a sentence

  • I have got a gammy leg, and can't walk far.
  • "With that gammy leg I wouldn't risk a bet against the chance of another accident on those stairs."
  • I'm not exactly spectacular at the moment with a gammy knee that sometimes lets me down and hair that looks as if it's been cut with a knife and fork.

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