Lexicographical Neighbors of Gammocks
Literary usage of Gammocks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1887)
"Pooty spot ; sort o' lake green and windin', with nice quiet " swims " all about.
Though I must say / missed the Thames gammocks, the snide comic song, ..."
2. Studies in English, Written and Spoken: For the Use of Continental Students by Cornelis Stoffel (1894)
"Though I must say I missed the Thames gammocks, the snide comic songs and the
shout". Another vulgar phrase for the notion of being " up to the time of day" ..."
3. Slang, a Dictionary of the Turf, the Ring, the Chase, the Pit, of Bon-Ton by John Badcock (1823)
"He is said to ' die game' who shews no contrition. gammocks—running up and down,
as in a fair, rolling among the hay, or flaunting at Vauxhall; ..."
4. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1887)
"Pooty spot ; sort o' lake green and windin', with nice quiet " swims " all about.
Though I must say / missed the Thames gammocks, the snide comic song, ..."
5. Studies in English, Written and Spoken: For the Use of Continental Students by Cornelis Stoffel (1894)
"Though I must say I missed the Thames gammocks, the snide comic songs and the
shout". Another vulgar phrase for the notion of being " up to the time of day" ..."
6. Slang, a Dictionary of the Turf, the Ring, the Chase, the Pit, of Bon-Ton by John Badcock (1823)
"He is said to ' die game' who shews no contrition. gammocks—running up and down,
as in a fair, rolling among the hay, or flaunting at Vauxhall; ..."
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