N’peuvent plus supporter leur gaviot.
Richepin.
Gavot. See [Gavé].
Gavroche, m. (familiar), Paris street boy. Faire le ——, to talk or act as an impudent boy.
Gay, adj. (thieves’), ugly; queer, or “rum.”
Gaye. See [Galiote].
Gayet, m. (thieves’), horse, or “prad.” Termed also “gail.” La cognade à ——, mounted police. Des gayets, rogues who prowl about the suburbs just outside the gates of Paris.
C’étaient des rôdeurs de barrière ... c’étaient des gayets.—Mémoires de Monsieur Claude.
Gaz, m. (popular), allumer son ——, to look attentively, “to stag.” Eteindre son ——, to sleep, “to doss;” to die, “to snuff it.” See [Pipe]. Prendre un coup de ——, to have a dram of spirits.
Gazette, f. (familiar), lire la ——, to eat nothing.