"gammon and pickles" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1996, Janice Bennett, Karen Ranney, Doreen Owens Malek, Angel Love, page 214:",
          "text": "“It's gammon and pickles. That's what it is. Angels and wishes and answers to prayers! Really, Miss Gordon, it's tripe and onions!”",
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          "ref": "2000, Constance Laux, Diamonds and Desire, page 299:",
          "text": "\"Gammon and pickles,\" she mumbled. She tried to shrug off the effects of her own overactive imagination and failed miserably.",
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          "ref": "2016, Roger Higgins, Billy Gogan, American:",
          "text": "“The cove was blethering all gammon and pickles about yer Da'. You never said much about him to me,” Cian hiccupped accusingly.",
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        "Nonsense; folly."
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        "(colloquial) Nonsense; folly."
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          "word": "gammon"
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          "word": "tripe"
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        "(colloquial) Nonsense; folly."
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