lammer
See also: Lämmer
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From lamination + -er.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlæmɚ/
- Rhymes: -æmə(ɹ)
Noun edit
lammer (plural lammers)
- (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.
- (poker) A voucher, issued to a tournament winner, that waives the entry fee or buy-in for a larger tournament.
- (slang) A laminator.
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
lammer (plural lammers)
- Misspelling of lamer.
Anagrams edit
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
lammer
- inflection of lammeren:
Anagrams edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Verb edit
lammer
Scots edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
lammer
- amber
- [1819, Jedadiah 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.]