champion vs gammon

champion

noun
  • An ongoing winner in a game or contest. 

  • Someone who fights for a cause or status. 

  • Someone who fights on another's behalf. 

  • A particularly notable member of a plant species, such as one of great size. 

  • Someone who is chosen to represent a group of people in a contest. 

adj
  • Acting as a champion; having defeated all one's competitors. 

  • Excellent; brilliant; superb; deserving of high praise. 

  • Excellent; beyond compare. 

verb
  • To promote, advocate, or act as a champion for (a cause, etc.). 

gammon

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

  • Backgammon (the game itself). 

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

  • 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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