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 shoemaking. 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.