gammon
Nonsense; deceitful or humbugging talk.
“Don’t listen to his gammon about the inheritance — there isn’t a penny of it.”
❦ Note: From Anglo-Saxon ‘gamen’ (game, sport); to gammon someone was to hoax them merrily.
Nonsense; deceitful or humbugging talk.
“Don’t listen to his gammon about the inheritance — there isn’t a penny of it.”
❦ Note: From Anglo-Saxon ‘gamen’ (game, sport); to gammon someone was to hoax them merrily.