† gamegalln.
Obsolete. rare.
Apparently: a jesting exchange or retort.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > caustic or ironic ridicule > [noun] > instance of
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satire1606
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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > wit with words > satire > [noun] > instance of
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gamegall1577
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satire1606
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satirization1868
1577 R. Stanyhurst Hist. Irelande iii. 87/2 in R. Holinshed Chron. I Shortly after this quippyng gamegall, the Lord Iustice and the Counsaile road to Drogheda.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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n.1577- to take delight
- to take delivery
- to take direction
- to take displeasure
- to take dog's leave
- to take down
- to take down a buttonhole
- to take down a buttonhole lower
- to take down a peg
- to take down a two
- to take down one's top
- to take drugs
- to take effect
- to take eggs for money
- to take en passant
- to take ensample
- to take ensample at
- to take ensample by
- to take ensample of
- to take essay
- to take etc
- to take etc a cherry
- to take etc a or one's flight
- to take etc at a why-not
- to take etc at a whynot