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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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†GAMMICK, n. In phr. the gammicks o' May, the name given to the dull appearance of the sea during the earlier half of May (Abd. 1885 Folk-Lore Jnl. III. 306).
[Appar. an altered dim. form of Gab, n.2, 1.]
