gammer

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  1. noun Chiefly British An elderly woman.

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  1. Probably alteration (influenced by grandmother) of godmother.

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  1. A further contr. of grammer, a dial. contr. of grandmother. Cf. gaffer, similarly contracted from grandfather.
 

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