1843. Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit, ch. xxxiv., p. 336. No man had spoken a word; every one had been intent, as usual, on his own private gorging; and the greater part of the company were decidedly dirty feeders.
1853. Wh. Melville, Digby Grand, ch. iii. Who might be such a fine race, if they would only not gorge their food so rapidly.
Gorger, subs. (vulgar).—1. A
voracious eater; a scruncher
(q.v.). Rotten gorger = a lad
who hangs about Covent Garden
eating refuse fruit.
2. (common).—A well-dressed man; a gentleman. [Gypsy, gorgio = gentlemen.] Fr., un gratiné.
1811. Lexicon Balatronicum, s.v. Mung the gorger; beg child beg, of the gentleman.
3. (common).—An employer; a principal: especially the manager of a theatre. [Perhaps because he takes (or gorges) all the fat (q.v.).] Also cully-gorger. Fr., amendier.
1872. M. E. Braddon, Dead Sea Fruit, ch. xiv. The gorger's awful coally on his own slumming, eh?. . . I mean to say that our friend the manager is rather sweet upon his own acting.
4. (old).—A neckerchief. [From gorge = throat.]
1320-30. Gawaine, 957. That other wyth a gorger watz gored ouer the swyre.
Gorgonzola Hall, subs. phr.
(Stock Exchange).—Formerly
the New Hall; now the corporation
generally. [From the
colour of the marble.]
1887. Atkin, House Scraps, Gorgonzola Hall got turned into New Billingsgate.
Gorm, verb. (American University).—To
gorge (q.v.). For synonyms,
see Wolf.
I'm gormed, phr. (popular).—A profane oath. See Gaum.
1849. Dickens, David Copperfield, ch. iii. If it [his generosity] were ever referred to, . . . he struck the table a heavy blow with his right hand (had split it on one such occasion), and swore a dreadful oath that he would be gormed if he didn't cut and run for good, if it was ever mentioned again.
1883. Punch, May 19, p. 230, c. 2. Why, of course I hardly expects to be believed, but I'm gormed if there was more than six of one and half-a-dozen of the other.
1884. Julian Sturgis, in Longman's Mag., iii., 623. 'Gormed if there ain't that old parson again!' cried Henry, with enthusiasm.
Gormagon, subs. (old).—See
quots.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v. A monster with six eyes, three mouths, four arms, eight legs, five on one side and three on the other, three arses, two tarses, and a cunt upon its back; a man on horseback with a woman behind him.
1892. Fennell, Stanford Dict., s.v., Gormagon . . . a member of an English Secret Society which existed in the second quarter of 18 c.
Gormy-ruddles, subs. (common).—The
intestines.
Gorram (or Goram).—See By
Goldam
Gorry.—See By Gorry!
Goschens, subs. (Stock Exchange).—The
2-3/4 per cent. Government
Stock created by Mr. Goschen in
1888.
1889. Man of the World, 29 June. The nickname Goschens is going out of fashion. The new 2-3/4 stock is now called by the old name.
1891. Punch, 4 Apr. Securities yielding a larger return than 2-3/4 Goschens.
Gosh, see by gosh.
Gospel, subs. (colloquial).—1.
Anything offered as absolutely
true. Also gospel-truth.
