gams

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gam

1[gam]
noun Slang.
a person's leg, especially an attractive female leg.

Origin:
1775–85; probably < Polari < Italian gamba leg; see jamb1

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gam

2[gam] noun, verb, gammed, gam·ming.
noun
1.
a herd or school of whales.
2.
Eastern New England, Nautical. a social meeting, visit, or the like, as between whaling vessels at sea.
verb (used without object)
3.
(of whales) to assemble into a herd or school.
4.
Nautical. (of the officers and crews of two whaling vessels) to visit or converse with one another for social purposes.
5.
Eastern New England. to participate in a gam or social visit.

Origin:
1840–50, Americanism; perhaps dialectal variant of game1
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Word Origin & History

gams
"legs," 1781, probably the same word as gamb "leg of an animal on a coat of arms" (1727) and ultimately from M.E. gamb "leg," from O.N.Fr. (see gammon). Now, in Amer.Eng. slang, especially of pretty women, but this was not the original sense.
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gam
"a leg," see gams.
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gams definition


  1. n.
    legs; a woman's legs. (From Ital. gamba = leg.) : Look at the gams on that dame.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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