Meanings
- colloquialuncountableNonsense; folly.
"Gammon and pickles," she mumbled. She tried to shrug off the effects of her own overactive imagination and failed miserably.
2000, Constance Laux, Diamonds and Desire, page 2992 more 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!”
1996, Janice Bennett, Karen Ranney, Doreen Owens Malek, Angel Love, page 214“The cove was blethering all gammon and pickles about yer Da'. You never said much about him to me,” Cian hiccupped accusingly.
2016, Roger Higgins, Billy Gogan, AmericanSynonyms: gammon, tripe, tripe and onions
Synonyms & antonyms
nounNonsense; folly.
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