subs. (old).—An old wife; a familiar address; the correlative of GAFFER (q.v.).
1551. STILL, Gammer Gurton’s Needle [Title].
1705. WARD, Hudibras Redivivus, Part VI.
| And monkey faces, yawns, and stammers, | |
| Delude the pious dames and GAMMERS, | |
| To think their mumbling guides precation | |
| So full of heav’nly inspiration. |
1842. TENNYSON, The Goose. Ran Gaffer, stumbled GAMMER.
