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gam⋅my

[gam-ee]
–adjective, -mi⋅er, -mi⋅est. British Informal.
disabled; lame: a gammy leg.

Origin:
1830–40; orig. dial., perh. < dial. F; cf. Normandy dial. gambier having bad legs, gambie lame, MF gambi bent, crooked, all ult. deriv. of LL gamba; see jamb 1
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gammy

adjective
(British informal) sore or lame; "a gammy foot" 
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