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ram-sammy slang (orig. dial.).|ˌræmˈsæmɪ|
[Origin unknown.]
a. A family quarrel; a noisy gathering.
b. A fight; a scrap.
1891N. & Q. 12 Sept. 206/1 ‘A ram sammy’ = [in the W. country] a family quarrel or, in variation, a noisy gathering. 1902Western Morning News 22 Apr. 5/5 A ‘ram sammy’ was a family quarrel. 1967H. W. Sutherland Magnie v. 70 She'd sent for Big Hughie in case there was a ram sammy. Magnie was no match for Big Hughie. 1976J. Wainwright Walther P. 38 98, I was there, at this jazz club..in a cramped basement... Some people might have called it a ‘jam session’. Some people might have called it a ‘ram⁓sammy’. |