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gim⋅me

  [gim-ee]
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1. Pronunciation Spelling. give me.
–noun Slang.
2. Golf. a final short putt that a player is not required to take in informal play.
3. the gimmes,
a. reliance on or a demand for the generosity of others, esp. as one's due: grown children with the gimmes who still expect money from their parents.
b. greediness.
Also, gimmie.

Origin:
1925–30; informal pron. of give me
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gimme [ˈgɪmi]

  1. phr.
    give me. (Eye-dialect. Typical spoken English. Used in writing only for effect. Used in the examples of this dictionary.) : Do you wanna gimme the thingy and lemme go ahead with my work?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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