lammer

See also: Lämmer

English

Etymology 1

From lamination + -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlæmɚ/

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• Rhymes: -æmə(ɹ)

Noun

lammer (plural lammers)

1. (gambling) A small plastic disk used by a croupier or dealer to track the state of a game of chance or a debt owed; also button or marker.
2. (poker) A voucher, issued to a tournament winner, that waives the entry fee or buy-in for a larger tournament.
3. (slang) A laminator.

Etymology 2

Noun

lammer (plural lammers)

1. Misspelling of lamer.

Anagrams

• rammel

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɑmər

Verb

lammer

1. inflection of lammeren:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Anagrams

• rammel

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

lammer

1. present of lamme

Scots

Etymology

From French l’ambre.

Noun

lammer

1. amber
   • [1819, Jedediah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], chapter XI, in Tales of My Landlord, Third Series. […], volume I (The Bride of Lammermoor), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 305:

     Her mother [...] sat by the fire in the full glory of a grogram gown, lammer beads, and a clean cockernony, whiffing a snug pipe of tobacco, and superintending the affairs of the kitchen.]