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Gimmer
(g soft), or Jimmer, a jointed hinge. In
Somersetshire, gimmace. We have also gemel. A gimmal
is a double ring; hence gimmal-bit. (Shakespeare: Henry V., iv.
2.)
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Gimmer from Infoplease:
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