gammon
words with many unrelated meanings
Word of the Day:
gammon (GAM-uhn) noun
1. Backgammon.
2. A victory in a backgammon game before the loser has removed any piece.
[Probably from Middle English gamen (game).]
3. A cured or smoked ham.
4. The bottom piece of a side of bacon.
[From Old French gambon (ham), from gambe (leg), from Late Latin gamba
(hoof), from Greek kampe (bend).]
verb tr., intr.
To deceive or to fool.
[Of uncertain origin, perhaps from the game of backgammon.]
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American Literature:
1. Read Chapter 9 in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
2. No homework night! Find your own green light and figure out how not to be destroyed by it!
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5. Read xeroxed handouts of Gatsby essays, selection from Aznar Nafisi's Reading Lolita in Tehran, and excerpt from Scott Russell Sanders
Southern Literature and Culture:
1. Skim through Neon Vernacular by Yusef Koumunyakaa; bring to class three poems of his you would like to consider
2. No homework night! Do something Southern!
3./4. Read Acts 1-2 of Hamlet by William Shakespeare
5. Read Act 3 of Hamlet by William Shakespeare
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