Gutter-alley (or Lane), subs. (common).—The throat. All goes down Gutter-lane = 'He spends all on his stomach.'
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 Mud-*lark.
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.
