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Meaning of gammon and pickles | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Nonsense; folly.

colloquial, uncountable

Examples

““It's gammon and pickles. That's what it is. Angels and wishes and answers to prayers! Really, Miss Gordon, it's tripe and onions!””
“"Gammon and pickles," she mumbled. She tried to shrug off the effects of her own overactive imagination and failed miserably.”
““The cove was blethering all gammon and pickles about yer Da'. You never said much about him to me,” Cian hiccupped accusingly.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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