Grand-twig.—Handsome set out.
Grand Strut—The.—Rotten Row, Hyde Park.
Gravel Digger.—A sharp toe’d dancer.
Greeks.—Black legs, sharpers, &c. Also a term for low Irish People.
Green.—Raw, not understanding.
Greyhound, A.—Should have according to all sporting Kiddies:—
A head like a snake, a neck like a drake,
A back like a beam, a belly like a bream:
A foot like a cat, a tail like a rat.
Grimaldi, Joseph. Vulgo, Joey Grimaldi, the renowned clown, 1779-1837.
Grog.—Rum and water cold without. Admiral Vernon was called “Old Grog” by his sailors, because he was accustomed to walk the deck in rough weather in a “grogram cloak,” as he was the first to serve water in the rum on board ship, the mixture went by the name of Grog. Tom, Jerry and Bob Logic found out its use and abuse not only in the Back Slums in the Holy Land, but at Mr. Mace’s Crib in the East.
Grub.—It is scarcely necessary to explain the meaning of grub; it is a subject in the mouth of everybody, and therefore interesting to the taste. Indeed, this sort of cant is quite current throughout all ranks of society, and is well understood.—Grub and Bub, victuals and drink of any kind.