1849. Thackeray, Pendennis, ch. lviii. In every party of the nobility his name's down as sure as a gun.
1891. N. Gould, Double Event, p. 141. Nobbed, sure as a gun!
1892. Manville Fenn, New Mistress, xxxv. They were both down there about that school-money Betsey, as sure as a gun.
Gundiguts, subs. (common)—A
fat man; a forty guts (q.v.).
1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, s.v.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
Gunner's Daughter. To Kiss
(or Marry) the Gunner's
Daughter, verb. phr. (nautical).
To be flogged. [Gunner's
daughter = the gun to which
boys were lashed for punishment.]
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
1833. Marryat, Peter Simple, ch. xxxii. I don't know what officers are made of now-a-days. I'll marry some of you young gentlemen to the gunner's daughter before long. Quarter-deck's no better than a bear-garden.
Gunpowder, subs. (old).—An old
woman.
1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, s.v.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
Gunter.—See Cocker.
Gup, subs. (Anglo-Indian).—Gossip;
scandal.
1868. Florence Marryatt. Gup, xix. With regard to my title . . . Gup is the Hindustani for 'Gossip.' Voilâ tout!
1883. Hawley Smart, Hard Lines, ch. xxix. Our Eastern empire is much addicted to what they term gup, whereby they mean gossip, scandal, or by whatever other equivalent the taking away of one's neighbours' characters may be designated.
To be a gup, verb. phr. (American).—To be easy to take or steal.
Gurtsey, subs. (American Cadet).—A
fat man; a podge (q.v.).
For synonyms, see Forty-guts.
Gush, subs. (colloquial).—The
expression of affected or extravagant
sentiment.
1883. Saturday Review, 3 Feb., p. 148, c. 2. Mr. Picton's style is pleasant and easy, as long as he allows himself to be natural, and does not fall into gush.
1886. Church Times, 17 Sep. Not mere gush or oratorical flip-flap.
Verb (colloquial).—To over-*flow with extravagant or affected sentiment.
1883. Miss Braddon, Golden Calf, ch. vii. 'Yes, and you saw much of each other, and you became heart-friends,' gushed Miss Wolf, beaming benevolently at Brian.
Gusher, subs. (colloquial).—A
practitioner of gush (q.v.). Also
Gushington.
1864. E. Yates, Broken to Harness, ch. vi., p. 66 (1873). The enthusiastic gusher who flings his or herself upon our necks, and insists upon sharing our sorrow.
1882. Miss Braddon, Mount Royal, ch. viii. 'But, surely there is nothing improper in the play, dear Lady Cumberbridge,' exclaimed the eldest gusher, too long in society to shrink from sifting any question of that kind.
Gushing, adj. (colloquial).—Extravagant;
affected or irrational
in expression; demonstratively
affectionate. Also Gushingly.
1864. 'The Campaigner' (No. XVI.), in Fraser's Mag., p. 627. Donald did not belong to what, in the slang of translated Cockneys, is called the Gushing School.
1864. Punch's Almanack, 'Our Growling Bard.' Some, I admit, are Milingtary Dears, As gushing ladies say, and some are Muffs.
1872. Sunday Times, 18 Aug. This however, was no surprise to the plaintiff, it having been understood from the first that the parties being past the gushing age the letters between them should be of a business character.
1880. Ouida, Moths, ch. viii. Your heroics count for nothing. All girls of sixteen are gushing and silly.
