Gammoned definitions and example sentences on Wordnik

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I've invented something--want your advice Not to be gammoned," shouted back Vane; and he went off at a sharp trot, leaped a stile and went on across the fields, his only aim being to get away from his companions, but as soon as he was out of sight, he hesitated, stopped, and then went sharply off to his left I'll follow Distie," he muttered.

—The Weathercock Being the Adventures of a Boy with a Bias

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I've invented something--want your advice Not to be gammoned," shouted back Vane; and he went off at a sharp trot, leaped a stile and went on across the fields, his only aim being to get away from his companions, but as soon as he was out of sight, he hesitated, stopped, and then went sharply off to his left I'll follow Distie," he muttered. — The Weathercock Being the Adventures of a Boy with a Bias
You've gammoned us enough! — The Hero of Garside School
"Well, they have gammoned a good many other people too," Godfrey said. — Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia
"Yes, sir," said the man, grinning; "but I gammoned him a bit." — Hunting the Skipper The Cruise of the "Seafowl" Sloop
"You gammoned the doctor, but you haven't took me in a bit." — The Kopje Garrison A Story of the Boer War