ganger
The person who superintends the work of a gang, or a number of navigators.
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ganj
ganja.
gank
To swindle.
gaoler's coach
A hurdle: traitors being usually conveyed from the gaol, to the place of execution, on a hurdle or sledge.
gap yah
A gap year.
gap-lapper
A lesbian.
gape
To stare about in an astonished manner. "GAPING about like a country bumpkin." Sometimes pronounced GARP. There is no reference in the use of this phrase by Cockneys to GAPE in its correct sense.
gape-seed
Something to look at, cause for astonishment; a lazy fellow, unmindful of his work, is said to be "looking for GAPE-SEED." Rustics are said to find plenty of "GAPE-SEED" in London streets.
gapers' block
Traffic congestion caused by drivers slowing down to gawk at an incident
gapeseed
Sights; any thing to feed the eye. I am come abroad for a little gapeseed.
gar
Euphuistic rendering of the title of the Deity; "be GAR, you don’t say so!"—Franco-English.
Garbage Island
Taiwan.
garbaggio
Garbage.
garbonzas
breasts
garden
Among tradesmen signifies Covent GARDEN Market; among theatrical performers, Covent GARDEN Theatre.
Garden of England
Kent and Worcestershire are both so called. Garden of Europe. Italy.
Garden of France
Amboise, in the depart- ment of Indre-et-Loire; also Touraine.
Garden of the Sun
The East Indian (or Malayan) Archipelago.
Garden of the West
Illinois; Kansas ("the Garden State") is also so called.
garden variety
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
gardener
An awkward coachman; an insinuation that he is both coachman and gardener, and understands the latter branch of service better than the first; "get on, GARDENER," is a most insulting expression from a cabby to a real coachman. Men who in small families do the coach, garden, and general work, are sometimes called "teakettle grooms," or "teakettle coachmen."
gardy loo
The cry of warning formerly given by Edinburgh housewives when about to throw the contents of the slop-pail out of the window into the street below. It is a corruption of Fr. garde Veau, beware of the water.
gareth
cunt.
gareth during a tournament
It ensured the wearer from losing blood when wounded. "This ring," said Dame Liones, "increaseth my beauty. . . . That which is green it turns red, and that which is red it turns green. That which is blue it turns white and that which is white it turns blue. Whoever beareth this ring can never lose blood, however wounded." — History of Prince Arthur, i, 146.
gargle
Medical-student slang for drinkables.
garnish
An entrance fee demanded by the old prisoners of one just committed to gaol.
garnish
The douceur or fee which, before the time of Howard the philanthropist, was openly exacted by the keepers of gaols from their unfortunate prisoners for extra comforts. The practice of garnishing is by no means so defunct as some folk seem to think, and its influence may often be traced by those who wish.
garret election
A ludicrous ceremony, practised every new parliament: it consists of a mock election of two members to represent the borough of Garret (a few straggling cottages near Wandsworth in Surry); the qualification of a voter is, having enjoyed a woman in the open air within that district: the candidates are commonly fellows of low humour, who dress themselves up in a ridiculous manner.
garreter
A thief who crawls over the tops of houses, and enters garret-windows. Called also a "dancer," or "dancing-master," from the light and airy nature of his occupation.
garrotting
A mode of cheating practised amongst card-sharpers, by concealing certain cards at the back of the neck.
Gary Glitter
a person who is considered flashy or attention-seeking
gas
To give off superfluous conceit, to bounce or brag; "his game is GAS." "To give a person GAS," is to scold him or give him a good beating. Synonymous with "to give him Jessie."
gas and air
A mixture of nitrous oxide and oxygen used for pain relief
gas mask
A popular name for any contrivance designed to preserve the wearer from inhaling poison gas. In World War I (when gas was first used) the gas mask went through various forms from a sort of greasy felt domino to a box respirator strapped on the chest.
gash
A vulva.
gassed
Drunk; intoxicated by alcohol.
gassy
Or GASEOUS, liable to "flare up" at any offence.
gate
THE, Billingsgate. Sometimes Newgate, according to the occupation and condition of the speaker. In the same way Paternoster Row is by publishers known as "the Row."
Gate of Italy
A narrow gorge between two mountain ridges in the valley of the Adige, in the vicinity of Trent and Roveredo.
Gate of Tears
The passage into the Red Sea. So called by the Arabs (Bab-el-Mandeb) from the number of shipwrecks that took place there.
gate-race
Among pedestrians a mock race, got up not so much for the best runner to win, as for the money taken from spectators, at the gate. This sort of business is not peculiar to pedestrians; there are such things as gate-money meetings at horse-racing.
gateway drug
A substance that leads to the use of stronger drugs
gather rosebuds
Enjoy life while you can
gather way
to gain momentum or speed
gatter
Beer; "shant of GATTER," a pot of beer. A curious slang street melody, known in Seven Dials as Bet the Coaley’s Daughter, thus mentions the word in a favourite verse:—
gattered
Drunk.
gaudy
The annual dinner of the Fellows of a College, in memory of founders and benefactors. From GAUDEAMUS.—Oxford University.
Gaul and Britain
In compliment to these saints the trade of shoemaking is called "the gentle craft.
gaul only
The word Celt probably means a warrior; fable accounts for it by the story of Celtma, daughter of Britannus, who had a son by Hercules, named Celtus, who became the progenitor of the Celts.
gaunt's earlier chapel
This, largely rebuilt, is the only one of the old buildings remaining, the rest of the site being occupied by the Savoy Hotel and Savoy Theatre.
gavel to order
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
Gawain and Sir Bedivere
In France the legends were worked upon by Robert de Bor- ron (fl. 1215), who first attached the story of the Grail (q.v.) to the Arthurian Cycle and brought the legend of Merlin into prominence, and Cnrestien de Troyes (c.
gawfs
Cheap red-skinned apples, a favourite fruit with costermongers, who rub them well with a piece of cloth, and find ready purchasers.
gawkey
A tall, thin, awkward young man or woman.
gawky
A lanky, or awkward person; a fool. Saxon, GEAK; Scotch, GOWK.
gay
Loose, dissipated; "GAY woman," a kept mistress or prostitute. Many people will remember Leech’s celebrated caricature of two wretched females on an equally wretched night, and the question asked by one woman of the other, "How long have you been GAY?"
gay disease
AIDS.
Gay's Beggar's Opera'
Robin of Bagshot, one of Macheath's gang, was alias Gordon, alias Bluff Bob, alias Carbuncle, alias Bob Booty.
gaytheist
Someone who is both gay and atheist.
gazabo
guy, fellow