Murphy vs gammon

Murphy

name
  • A unisex given name transferred from the surname, of occasional usage. 

  • A city in Collin County, Texas. 

  • An unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Virginia. 

  • A census-designated place, the county seat of Owyhee County, Idaho. 

  • A common surname from Irish, the anglicized form of Irish Ó Murchadha 

  • A census-designated place in Jefferson County, Missouri. 

  • A town, the county seat of Cherokee County, North Carolina. 

  • A town in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. 

  • An unincorporated community in Barbour County, West Virginia. 

gammon

noun
  • Backgammon (the game itself). 

  • A rope fastening a bowsprit to the stem of a ship (usually called a gammoning). 

  • A victory in backgammon achieved when the opponent has not borne off a single stone. 

  • A cut of quick-cured pork leg. 

  • A middle-aged or older right-wing, reactionary white man, or such men collectively. 

verb
  • To lash with ropes (on a ship). 

  • To cure bacon by salting. 

  • To beat by a gammon (without the opponent bearing off a stone). 

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