Gully, subs. (common).—1. The throat. For synonyms, see Gutter-alley.
2. (venery).—The female pudendum. For synonyms, see Monosyllable.
3. (old and Scots').—A knife. For synonyms, see Chive.
1653. Urquhart, Rabelais, bk. I., ch. xxvii. Fair gullies which are little haulch-backed demi-knives.
1785. Burns, Death and Dr. Hornbook. I red ye weel, tak care o' skaith, See, there's a gully.
1789. Burns, Address to Captain Grose. The knife that nickit Abel's craig, He'll prove ye fully It was a faulding jocteleg, Or lang-kail gully.
Verb (common).—To gull (q.v.); to dupe; to swindle. For synonyms, see Stick.
1834. Ainsworth, Rookwood, bk. III., ch. v. I rode about and speechified, and everybody gullied.
Gully-fluff, subs. (colloquial).—Pocket-filth;
beggar's velvet
(q.v.). Also Flue (q.v.).
Gully-gut, subs. and adj. (common).—A
glutton. For synonyms,
see Stodger.
1598. Florio, A Worlde of Wordes. Crapulatore, a surfeiter; a gormand; a glutton; a gullie-gut.
1672. Lestrange, Fables. A gulli-gut friar.
Gully-hole (or Gully), subs.
(common).—1. The throat, or
gullet. For synonyms, see Gutter-alley.
2. (venery).—The female pudendum. For synonyms, see Monosyllable.
Gully-raker, subs. phr. (venery).—1.
The penis; and (2) a
wencher. For synonyms, see
Creamstick, Prick, and Mol-*rower.
2. (Australian). A cattle-whip; a cattle-thief.
1881. A. C. Grant, Bush Life in Queensland . . . following up his admonition by a sweeping cut of his gully-raker, and a report like a musket-shot.
Gulpin, subs. (common).—A
simpleton; a gapeseed (q.v.).
Fr., un gobemouche; une éponge.
For synonyms, see Buffle and
Cabbage-head.
1886. W. Besant, World Went Very Well Then, ch. xxix. But Jack persisted, and I rose too. 'Go then!' the Admiral roared, with a great oath. 'Go then, for a brace of gulpins!'
Gulpy, adj. (common).—Easily
duped.
Gulsh. To hold one's gulsh,
verb. phr. (provincial).—To hold
one's tongue; to keep quiet.
Gum, subs. (old).—1. Chatter;
talk; jaw (q.v.). Also abuse.
1751. Smollett, Peregrine Pickle, ch. xiv. There's no occasion to bowse out so much unnecessary gum.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v. Come let us have no more of your gum.
1824. R. B. Peake, Americans Abroad, i., 1. Dou. Come, none of your gum—now you are but an underlin', tho' you are so uppish and twistical—where's the chair?
2. (American).—A trick; a piece of dupery; a sell (q.v.). Also gummation.
3. (American).—A golosh; an india-rubber overshoe. [Short for 'gum-shoes.']
1872. Morning Post, 9 Jan. Forbidding him again to cross her threshold or to leave his gum-shoes in her hall.
Verb (common).—To cheat; to take in (q.v.), to roast (q.v.) or quiz. For synonyms, see Gammon.
