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gam (n.)

"a leg," 1781, see gams. Called "cant" in the oldest citation.

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gams (n.)
"legs," 1781, low slang, probably the same word as gamb "leg of an animal on a coat of arms" (1727) and ultimately from Middle English gamb "leg," which is from French (see gammon). Now, in American English slang, especially with reference to well-formed legs of pretty women, but this was not the original sense.

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Definitions of gam from WordNet

gam (n.)
a herd of whales;
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