lammer
/ˈlæmɚ/noun
lammer is a noun meaning “A small plastic disk used by a croupier or dealer to track the state of a game of chance or a debt owed; also button or marker” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled L-A-M-M-E-R, and it appears about once in every 44 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of lammer is lammers.
What does lammer mean?
noun
- 1
A small plastic disk used by a croupier or dealer to track the state of a game of chance or a debt owed; also button or marker.
- 2
A voucher, issued to a tournament winner, that waives the entry fee or buy-in for a larger tournament.
- 3
slangA laminator.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce lammer?
- US /ˈlæmɚ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-lammer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of lammer
- lammers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is lammer?
Lammer appears about once in every 44 million words in written English, the 204,233rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does lammer come from?
From lamination + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).