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gammer

(gam′ər)

noun

an old woman, esp. one from the country: now usually humorous

Origin: altered < godmother

See gammer in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Chiefly British

An elderly woman.

Origin:

Origin: Probably alteration (influenced by grandmother)

Origin: of godmother

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