Gamon.  To humbug.  To deceive, To tell lies.  What
  rum gamon the old file pitched to the flat; how finely the
  knowing old fellow humbugged the fool.

Gamon and patter.  Common place talk of any
  profession; as the gamon and patter of a horse-dealer, sailor,
  &c.

Gan.  The mouth or lips.  Cant.

Gander month.  That month in which a man’s wife-lies
  in:  wherefore, during that time, husbands plead a sort of
  indulgence in matters of gallantry.

Gang.  A company of men, a body of sailors, a knot of
  thieves, pickpockets, &c.  A gang of sheep trotters; the
  four feet of a sheep.

GAOLER’S coach.  A hurdle:  traitors being usually
  conveyed from the gaol, to the place of execution, on a
  hurdle or sledge.

Gap stopper.  A whoremaster.

GAPESEED. Sights; any thing to feed the eye.  I am come
  abroad for a little gapeseed.

Garnish.  An entrance fee demanded by the old prisoners
  of one just committed to gaol.

Garret, or upper story.  The head.  His garret, or
  upper story, is empty, or unfurnished; i.e. he has no
  brains, he is a fool.

Garret election.  A ludicrous ceremony, practised every
  new parliament:  it consists of a mock election of two
  members to represent the borough of Garret (a few
  straggling cottages near Wandsworth in Surry); the
  qualification of a voter is, having enjoyed a woman in the open
  air within that district:  the candidates are commonly fellows
  of low humour, who dress themselves up in a ridiculous
  manner.  As this brings a prodigious concourse of
  people to Wandsworth, the publicans of that place jointly
  contribute to the expence, which is sometimes considerable.

GAWKEY.  A tall, thin, awkward young man or woman.

GAYING instrument.  The penis.

Gazebo.  An elevated observatory or summer-house.

Gee.  It won’t gee; it won’t hit or do, it does not suit or
  fit.

Gelding.  An eunuch.

Gelt.  Money, German.—­Also, castrated.

Gentle craft.  The art of shoeniaking.  One of the gentle
  craft:  a shoemaker:  so called because once practised
  by St. Crispin.

Gentleman commoner.  An empty bottle; an university
  joke, gentlemen commoners not being deemed over full
  of learning.

GENTLEMAN’S companion.  A louse.

GENTLEMAN’S master.  A highway robber, because he
  makes a gentleman obey his commands, i.e. stand and deliver.

Gentleman of three ins.  In debt, in gaol, and in danger
  of remaining there for life:  or, in gaol, indicted, and
  in danger of being hanged in chains.