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.