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Slang and its analogues past and present, volume 3 [of 7] : $b A dictionary, historical and comparative, of the heterodox speech of all classes of society for more than three hundred years. With synonyms in English, French, German, Italian, etc.Henley, William Ernest

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Slang and its analogues past and present, volume 3 [of 7] : $b A dictionary, historical and comparative, of the heterodox speech of all classes of society for more than three hundred years. With synonyms in English, French, German, Italian, etc.

Name: Slang and its analogues past and present, volume 3 [of 7] : $b A dictionary, historical and comparative, of the heterodox speech of all classes of society for more than three hundred years. With synonyms in English, French, German, Italian, etc.
Author: Henley, William Ernest

Henley, William Ernest

English language -- Slang -- Dictionaries; Slang -- Dictionaries

English Synonyms.—Beer Street; common sewer; drain; funnel; Gin Lane;
gulf; gullet; gully-hole; gutter; Holloway; Peck Alley; Red Lane; the
Red Sea; Spew Alley; swallow; thrapple; throttle; whistle.

French Synonyms.—La carafe (tramps’); la creuse (popular = Holloway);
le corridor; le cornet (popular); le couloir; le lampas; la goule
(popular); le gose (popular: an abbreviation of gosier: also gésier);
la gargoine (thieves’); la gargarousse (thieves’ = Old Gargles); le
four (popular = the oven); le fanal (popular); l’entonnoir (popular =
the funnel); l’avaloir (thieves’ = the swallow).

German Synonym.—Kollert (Hanoverian).

Spanish Synonym.—La gorja.

    1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, s.v.

    1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.

    1787. Grose, Prov. Glossary, g. (1811), p. 81. All goeth down
    Gutter Lane. That is, the throat. This proverb is applicable to
    those who spend all their substance in eating and drinking.

2. (common).—A urinal. For synonyms, see Pissing-post.

Gutter-blood, subs. (common).—1. See quot. Also (2) a vulgarian; an
upstart from the rabble.

    1822. Scott, The Fortunes of Nigel, ch. v. In rushed a thorough
    Edinburgh gutterblood—a ragged rascal.

Gutter-chaunter, subs. (common).—A street singer.

Gutter-hotel, subs. (tramps’).—The open air. For synonyms, see
Hedge-square.

Gutter-literature. See Blood-and-thunder, and Awful.

Gutter-master, subs. (old).—A term of reproach.

    1607. Marston, What You Will, iii, 1. And now my soule is skipt
    into a perfumer, a guttermaster.

Gutter-prowler, subs. (thieves’).—A street thief. For synonyms, see
Area-sneak and Thieves.

Gutter-snipe, subs. (common).—1. A street arab. Also Gutter-slush. For
synonyms, see Mudlark.

2. (American printers’).—A poster for the kerb.

3. (American Commercial).—An ‘outside’ broker who does business chiefly
in the street; a kerbstone broker (q.v.). Fr., un loup-cervier.

Guttie, subs. (golfers’).—1. A gutta-percha ball.

2. (colloquial).—A glutton.—For synonyms, see Stodger.

3. (colloquial).—A forty-guts, which see for synonyms.

Guttle, verb. (vulgar).—To eat greedily; to gormandize (q.v.). Also to
drink: e.g., to guttle a pint = to take off, or do, a pint; ‘He’s been
guttling swipes’ = he’s been drinking beer. Hence guttler = a coarse,
or greedy eater; a sturdy pot-companion: a gorger (q.v.). Cf.,
Thackeray’s Book of Snobs for Guttlebury Fair. See Guzzle.

    1672. Lestrange, Fables, p. 260. A jolly guttling priest.

Guttle-shop, subs. (Rugby).—A pastry-cook’s; a tuck-shop (q.v.).

Guv, subs. (common).—An abbreviation of governor (q.v.).

Guy, subs. (colloquial).—1. A Fifth of November effigy; whence (2) an
ill-dressed person. As in the old street cry, ‘Hollo, boys, there goes
another guy!’ (an abbreviation of Guy Fawkes) = a figure of fun; a
fright.

English Synonyms.—Caution; Captain Queer-nabs; chivey; comic bird;
ragamuffin; sight.

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Slang and its analogues past and present, volume 3 [of 7] : $b A dictionary, historical and comparative, of the heterodox speech of all classes of society for more than three hundred years. With synonyms in English, French, German, Italian, etc.

Henley, William Ernest

English language -- Slang -- Dictionaries; Slang -- Dictionaries

English Synonyms.—Beer Street; common sewer; drain; funnel; Gin Lane;
gulf; gullet; gully-hole; gutter; Holloway; Peck Alley; Red Lane; the
Red Sea; Spew Alley; swallow; thrapple; throttle; whistle.

French Synonyms.—La carafe (tramps’); la creuse (popular = Holloway);
le corridor; le cornet (popular); le couloir; le lampas; la goule
(popular); le gose (popular: an abbreviation of gosier: also gésier);
la gargoine (thieves’); la gargarousse (thieves’ = Old Gargles); le
four (popular = the oven); le fanal (popular); l’entonnoir (popular =
the funnel); l’avaloir (thieves’ = the swallow).

German Synonym.—Kollert (Hanoverian).

Spanish Synonym.—La gorja.

    1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, s.v.

    1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.

    1787. Grose, Prov. Glossary, g. (1811), p. 81. All goeth down
    Gutter Lane. That is, the throat. This proverb is applicable to
    those who spend all their substance in eating and drinking.

2. (common).—A urinal. For synonyms, see Pissing-post.

Gutter-blood, subs. (common).—1. See quot. Also (2) a vulgarian; an
upstart from the rabble.

    1822. Scott, The Fortunes of Nigel, ch. v. In rushed a thorough
    Edinburgh gutterblood—a ragged rascal.

Gutter-chaunter, subs. (common).—A street singer.

Gutter-hotel, subs. (tramps’).—The open air. For synonyms, see
Hedge-square.

Gutter-literature. See Blood-and-thunder, and Awful.

Gutter-master, subs. (old).—A term of reproach.

    1607. Marston, What You Will, iii, 1. And now my soule is skipt
    into a perfumer, a guttermaster.

Gutter-prowler, subs. (thieves’).—A street thief. For synonyms, see
Area-sneak and Thieves.

Gutter-snipe, subs. (common).—1. A street arab. Also Gutter-slush. For
synonyms, see Mudlark.

2. (American printers’).—A poster for the kerb.

3. (American Commercial).—An ‘outside’ broker who does business chiefly
in the street; a kerbstone broker (q.v.). Fr., un loup-cervier.

Guttie, subs. (golfers’).—1. A gutta-percha ball.

2. (colloquial).—A glutton.—For synonyms, see Stodger.

3. (colloquial).—A forty-guts, which see for synonyms.

Guttle, verb. (vulgar).—To eat greedily; to gormandize (q.v.). Also to
drink: e.g., to guttle a pint = to take off, or do, a pint; ‘He’s been
guttling swipes’ = he’s been drinking beer. Hence guttler = a coarse,
or greedy eater; a sturdy pot-companion: a gorger (q.v.). Cf.,
Thackeray’s Book of Snobs for Guttlebury Fair. See Guzzle.

    1672. Lestrange, Fables, p. 260. A jolly guttling priest.

Guttle-shop, subs. (Rugby).—A pastry-cook’s; a tuck-shop (q.v.).

Guv, subs. (common).—An abbreviation of governor (q.v.).

Guy, subs. (colloquial).—1. A Fifth of November effigy; whence (2) an
ill-dressed person. As in the old street cry, ‘Hollo, boys, there goes
another guy!’ (an abbreviation of Guy Fawkes) = a figure of fun; a
fright.

English Synonyms.—Caution; Captain Queer-nabs; chivey; comic bird;
ragamuffin; sight.

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Slang and its analogues past and present, volume 3 [of 7] : $b A dictionary, historical and comparative, of the heterodox speech of all classes of society for more than three hundred years. With synonyms in English, French, German, Italian, etc.

Slang and its analogues past and present, volume 3 [of 7] : $b A dictionary, historical and comparative, of the heterodox speech of all classes of society for more than three hundred years. With synonyms in English, French, German, Italian, etc.

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