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GAMBADOES

Definition: GAMBADOES

GAMBADOES

Noun

1. Same as Gamashes.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "GAMBADOES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1814. (references)

Etymology: Gambadoes \Gam*ba"does\, plural noun. [I. or Spanish gamba leg. See Gambol, noun.]. (Websters 1913)



Specialty Definitions: GAMBADOES

DomainDefinitions

Slang in 1811

GAMBADOES. Leathern cases of stiff leather, used in Devonshire instead of boots; they are fastened to the saddle, and admit the leg, shoe and all: the .name was at first jocularly given. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: GAMBADOES

Language Translations for "gambadoes"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Pig Latin

  

ambadoesgay.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: GAMBADOES

Misspellings

"GAMBADOES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: gambade. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "GAMBADOES"

Words rhyming with "GAMBADOES" (pronounced 'Gam*ba"does'): Eddoes. (additional references)

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Anagrams: GAMBADOES

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-d-e-g-m-o-s"

-1 letter: gambades, gambados.

-2 letters: ambages, amoebas, bodegas, dagobas, damages, gambade, gambado, sambaed.

-3 letters: abased, abodes, abomas, adages, adobes, ambage, amebas, amoeba, badges, bodega, dagoba, dagoes, damage, demobs, dogmas, dosage, gambas, gambes, omegas, seabag, seadog.

-4 letters: abase, abeam, abode, aboma, adage, adobe, agmas, ambos, ameba, baaed, badge, based, beads, beams, bemas, besom, bodes, dagos, dames, degas, demob, demos, doges, dogma, domes, egads, gamas, gamba, gambe, gambs, gamed, games, goads, mabes, mages, meads, modes, ogams, omasa, omega, sabed, samba, sambo.

-5 letters: abas, abed, abos, ados, agas, aged, ages, agma, amas, ambo, asea, baas, bade, bads, bags, bams, base, bead, beam, beds, begs, bema, boas, bode, bods, bogs, dabs, dago, dags, dame, dams, debs, demo, does, doge, dogs, dome, doms, dose, egad, egos, gabs, gads, gaed, gaes, gama, gamb, game, gams, geds, gems, goad, goas, gobs, gods, goes, mabe, made, mads, maes, mage, mags, mead, megs, mesa, moas, mobs, mode, mods, mogs, obes, odea, odes, ogam, sabe, sade, saga, sage, sago, same, seam, sego, smog, soda, soma, some.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: GAMBADOES


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

47 41 4D 42 41 44 4F 45 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

--.    .-    --    -...    .-    -..    ---    .    ...

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000111 01000001 01001101 01000010 01000001 01000100 01001111 01000101 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#71 &#65 &#77 &#66 &#65 &#68 &#79 &#69 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0047 0041 004D 0042 0041 0044 004F 0045 0053

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

413547363538493953

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Translations: Modern
3. Derivations
4. Rhymes
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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