A new dictionary of the terms ancient and modern of the canting crew in its several tribes of gypsies, beggers, thieves, cheats, &c. : $b With an addition of some proverbs, phrases, figurative speeches, &c.B. E.
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A new dictionary of the terms ancient and modern of the canting crew in its several tribes of gypsies, beggers, thieves, cheats, &c. : $b With an addition of some proverbs, phrases, figurative speeches, &c.
B. E.
English language -- Slang -- Dictionaries; Romanies -- Languages
_Grumbling of the Gizzard_, Murmuring, Muttering, Repining, Resenting.
_Grunter_, c. a Sucking Pig.
_Grunting Cheat_, c. a Pig.
_Grunting Peeck_, c. Pork.
_Guard_, of old Safe-guard, now shortned into Guard, either for State, as
Princes have their Guards, or for security so Prisoners have theirs; also
the Shell of a Sword, and the best Posture of Defence.
_Gugaws_, Toies. Trifles.
_Gull_, c. a Cheat.
_Gull’d_, c. Cheated, Rookt, Sharpt.
_Gullet_, a Derisory Term for the Throat, from _Gula_.
_Gull-gropers_, c. a Bystander that Lends Money to the Gamesters.
_Gundigutts_, a fat pursy Fellow. _In the Gun_, Drunk. _As sure as a gun,
or Cock-sure._ _Out of Gun-shot_; aloof from Danger, or out of Harm’s way.
_Gun-powder_, an old Woman.
_Gust_ or _Gusto_, a right Relish, Savour, or true Taste of any thing. _A
Delicious Gusto_, Wines, Fruits, or Meats of a curious or pleasant Taste.
_A Gust of Wind_, a short, sudden, furious Blast, as we say _a Dash of
Rain_, for a sudden, short, impetuous Beat of Rain.
_Guzzle_, Drink.
_Guzzling_, Drinking much.
_Gut-foundred_, exceeding Hungry.
_Gutling_, Eating much. _A Gutling Fellow_, a great Eater.
_Gutter Lane_, the Throat.
_Gutters_, the little streak in a Deer’s Beam.
_Gutting_, { _An House_, Rifling it, Clearing it.
{ _An Oyster_, Eating it.
_Gutts_, a very fat, gross Person.
_Gybe_, c. any Writing or Pass Sealed; also Jerk or Jeer.
_Gyb’d_, c. Jerkt or Whipt.
_Gybing_, jeering.
_Gypsies_, a Counterfeit Brood of wandering Rogues and Wenches, herding
together, and Living promiscuously, or in common, under Hedges and in
Barns, Disguising themselves with Blacking their Faces and Bodies,
and wearing an Antick Dress, as well as Devising a particular _Cant_,
Strolling up and down, and under colour of Fortune-telling, Palmestry,
Physiognomy, and Cure of Diseases; impose allwaies upon the unthinking
Vulgar, and often Steal from them, whatever is not too Hot for their
Fingers, or too Heavy to carry off. _A Cunning Gypsy_, a sharp, sly
Baggage, a Witty Wench. _As Tann’d as a Gypsy_, of a Gypsy-hue or colour.
_Gyrle_, see Roe.
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_Habberdasher of Nouns and Pronouns_, School-master or Usher.
_Hab-nab_, at Aventure, Unsight, Unseen, Hit or Miss.
_Hack_, the Place where the Hawk’s meat is laid.
_Hack and Hue_, to Cut in Pieces.
_Hacks_ or _Hackneys_, hirelings. _Hackney-whores_, Common Prostitutes.
_Hackney-Horses_, to be let to any Body. _Hackney-Scriblers_, Poor
Hirelings, Mercenary Writers.
_Hackum_, a Fighting Fellow, see _Captain Hackum_.
_Haddums_, _The Spark has been at Haddums_, He is Clapt, or Poxt.
_Hag_, an old Witch.
_Hagged_, Lean Witched, Half-Starved.
_Hagboat_, a huge Vessel for Bulk and Length, Built chiefly to fetch
great Masts, _&._
_Hagbut_, a Hand-gun Three quarters of a Yard long.
_Haggle_, to run from Shop to Shop, to stand hard to save a Penny. _A
Hagler_, one that Buys of the Country-Folks and Sells in the Market, and
goes from Door to Door.
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