gammonern.
/ˈɡamənə/, U.S. /ˈɡæmənər/ slang (originally cant) and colloquial. Now rare.† 1. A thief's accomplice who distracts the victim while a crime is committed. See gammon n.4 1. Obsolete.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun] > accomplice
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inside man1935
1795 Potter's New Dict. Cant & Flash Lang. (ed. 2) Gammoners.
1821 Life D. Haggart 66 The Doctor came from the kitchen, and played the part of the gammoner so well, that I made my escape without being observed.
2. A person who talks volubly or flatteringly, esp. so as to deceive or cajole another into a particular course of action.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] > one who deceives
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1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 176 A man who..has always a flow of plausible language on these occasions, is said to be a prime gammoner.
1823 W. T. Moncrieff Tom & Jerry i. i Fly to the gammoners, and awake to everything that's going on.
1881 Argonaut (San Francisco) 2 Apr. Mr. M——, one of the oiliest of oily gammoners.
1917 Lyceum Mag. Oct. 29/2 What..has become of William Jennings Bryan? Reference to the Chicago Chautauqua news finds the Great Gammoner scheduled for a lecture in a Mother Goose festival.
1918 Truth (Sydney) 6 Jan. 6/6 That oily, blather skiting gammoner..sets out to give..political advice.
1953 V. Randolph & G. P. Wilson Down in Holler 247 Gammoner, a talkative, unreliable person.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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