gammoner n.
1. one who covers for an accomplice.
Autobiog. 66: The Doctor [...] played the part of the gammoner so well, that I made my escape without being observed. |
2. one who ‘spins a yarn’ or tells deceitful tales; thus a prime gammoner, an expert at such tale-spinning.
Vocab. of the Flash Lang. in McLachlan (1964) 242: gammon: [...] a man who is, ready at invention, and has always a flow of plausible language on these occasions, is said to be a prime gammoner. | ||
Tom and Jerry I i: Acquire just enough experience to make you [...] fly to the gammoners, and awake to everything that’s going on. | ||
Bk of Sports 54: Counsellor Phillips, as good a gammoner as ever sailed down the Liffey. | ||
Bell’s Life in Sydney 13 Feb. 3/4: We have the honour to remain, A. Gammoner, B. Blarney, C. Yarnwell, U Knowall, &c., &c. | ||
Flash Dict. in Sinks of London Laid Open. | ||
Down in the Holler 247: gammoner: n. A talkative, unreliable person. |