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Old 31-08-2011, 00:56   #268
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Re: Old local expressions

Here gam means disabled through injury.

The Dialect Dictionary - Word Gam - Language your way

That's not how it was used where I lived.

Gam meant game/brave.

'He were reet gam, climbin' reet t'top o'that tower.'
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