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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
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PRONUNCIATION:  gm
NOUN: Slang A person's leg.
ETYMOLOGY:Probably from Polari (theatrical argot), from Italian gamba, from Late Latin, hoof. See gambol.
 
 
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