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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—J

Jambon

A gun, so called from its fanciful resemblance to a “betterave” or jambon. The botanical name of the root is melochia.

“What would you do to me, brigand? ... Give me fifty blows of a matraque, as your officer gave you last week for stealing his jambon?” —Ouida: Under Two Flays, chap. xvi.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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