gammy

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

gam·my /ˈɡæmi/ adjective British English old-fashioned MIa gammy leg or knee is injured or painful 〔腿或膝〕受伤的，疼痛的

Examples from the Corpus

gammy• The idea was to put him in it from time to time to give his gammy leg a rest.• He ran the short distance down the side-street as fast as his gammy leg would let him.Origin gammy (1800-1900) → GAME2 2

gam·my adjectiveChineseSyllable

a Corpus leg is gammy injured or knee or

gammy
gam‧my /ˈɡæmi/

adjective British English old-fashioned

Date: 1800-1900
Origin: ⇨ game² 2

a gammy leg or knee is injured or painful

gammy

BrE

/ˈɡæmi/

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NAmE

/ˈɡæmi/

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adjective

[usually before noun]

(

old-fashioned,

BrE,

informal

)

(of a leg or knee 腿或膝) injured 受伤的；受损的