Lynn wrote:
<The only place I've ever seen "gammon" was in Beatrix Potter's "The Pie and
the Patty-Pan", where the magpie says "Gammon and spinach!">
There's also mention in "David Copperfield" by Charles Dickens about half
way through chapter 22:
"Oh my goodness, how polite we are!" exclaimed Miss Mowcher, making a
preposterous attempt to cover her large face with her morsel of a hand.
"What a world of gammon and spinnage it is, though, ain't it?"
'The Penguin Dictionary of Quotations' is very useful!
Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
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