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gam (2)

Flag: gbEnglishOxford New American Dictionary
gam2 /ɡam, ɡæm /
▸ noun
1 rare a school of whales, porpoises, or dolphins.
2 US dialect a social meeting or informal conversation (originally one among whalers at sea).
– ORIGIN mid 19th century : origin uncertain; perhaps from dialect gam ‘game’, or shortened from gammon3.