3. In. pl. (venery).—The sex—or that part of it which is given to unchastity—in general; hence the girls = lechery. After the girls. He’s been after the girls, verb. phr. (common).—Said of one with clap or pox. Girl and Boy, subs. phr. (rhyming). A saveloy. Girlery, subs. (colloquial).—A brothel. Also a theatre for burlesque and comic opera. Girl-getter, subs. (colloquial).—A mincing, womanish male. Girling. To go Girling, verb. phr. (venery).—To quest for women; to go on the loose (q.v.). Girlometer, subs. (venery).—The penis. Also, Girl-catcher. For synonyms, see Creamstick and Prick. Girl-shop, subs. phr. (common).—A brothel. Girl-show, subs. phr. (common).—A ballet, a burlesque, a leg-piece (q.v.). Girl Street. In Hair Court, Girl Street, subs. phr. (common).—Generic for fornication. Also the female pudendum. Girl-trap, subs. phr. (common).—A seducer; a mutton-monger (q.v.). Git! (or You Git!), intj. (American).—Be off with you! An injunction to immediate departure; walker! (q.v.). Sometimes a contraction of get out! Also get out and dust! 1851. Seaworthy, Bertie, p. 78. Thrue as the tin commandhers! Git aout! To have no git up and git, phr. (American).—To be weak, vain, mean, or slow—generally deprecatory. Give, verb. (vulgar).—1. To lead to; to conduct; to open upon: e.g., ‘The door gave upon the street.’ Cf. the idiomatic use, in French, of donner. 2. (American).—An all-round auxiliary to active verbs: e.g., to give on praying = to excel at prayer; to give on the make = to be clever at making money, etc. To give it to, verb. phr. (old).—1. To rob; to defraud.—Grose. 2. (common).—To scold; to thrash. Also to give what for; to give it hot; to give something for oneself; to give one in the eye, etc. Fr., aller en donner. For synonyms, see Wig and Tan respectively. 1612. Chapman, Widow’s Tears, Act i., p. 312 (Plays, 1874). This braving wooer hath the success expected; the favour I obtained made me witness to the sport, and let his confidence be sure, I’ll give it him home. 1835. Dickens, Sketches by Boz, p. 134. ‘Take that,’ exclaimed Mr. Samuel Wilkins.... ‘Give it him,’ said the waistcoat.... Miss J’mima Ivins’s beau and the friend’s young man lay gasping on the gravel, and the waistcoat and whiskers were seen no more. 1889. J. M. Barrie in Time, Aug. p. 148. When he said he would tell everybody in the street about there being a baby, I gave him one in the eye. Ibid. If it’s true what Symons Tertius says, that Cocky has gone and stolen my reminiscences about Albert’s curls, putting it into his reminiscences like as if it was his own, I’ll give him it hot. To give in (or out), verb. phr. (colloquial).—To admit defeat; to yield; to be exhausted; to throw up the sponge. See Floored and Cave in.