gammie
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.13 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Alternative spelling of gammy.
noun
Alternative spelling of gammy.
Example Sentences
- "Hugh, himself a graceful skater, even with his gammie hoof, would be on the pond hot foot from his round."
- "[[…] mary runs around the room. toby runs after her and forgets about his ankle again] / [Enter june] / june: Oh I see! So you can throw the gammie leg away when you like eh? / [toby limps again]"
- "He was a rough Irishman pulling a gammie leg, but I was later to find out that he had a fierce reputation, he treated you fairly."
- "Cheers: To the family that lives behind River Crest Country Club for the thousands of lights! My gammie takes me every year; this year Santa and Mrs. Santa were there!"
- "“Should-haves are like apologizing except no one’s listening, is what my gammie used to tell us,” Theresa said."
- "“Because you’re afraid she’ll take us away? I heard Gammie say you don’t have a leg to stand on if she decides to—” / “Now, that’s about all I want to hear of what your gammie said or didn’t say.”"
Etymology
Abbreviation + -ie.
Word Breakdown
- Suffix: ie