Gammoning the Draper.—When a man is without a shirt, and is buttoned up close to his neck, with merely a handkerchief round it, to make an appearance of cleanliness, it is termed “gammoning the draper!”
Gammoning a Main.—Pretending to be hurt, or crippled.
Garnish.—Entrance money, to be spent in drink, demanded of all newcomers in Debtor’s Prisons.
Gay Tyke Boys.—Dog fanciers.
Gig.—Fun. Bit of gig, a bit of fun.
Gin Spinners.—Distillers, also publicans.
Glim.—A lanthorn, a hazy eye, &c.
Goldfinches.—Sovereigns.—“Fine singing birds.”
Go it.—Keep it up: keep moving.
Gomersal, Edward Alexander, Actor: represented with wonderful success Napoleon, in the Astley’s dramatic version of the Battle of Waterloo, died at Leeds, October 19th, 1862, aged 74.