A Dictionary of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words / Used at the Present Day in the Streets of London; the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; the Houses of Parliament; the Dens of St. Giles; and the Palaces of St. James.

by John Camden Hotten

GNOSTICS, knowing ones, or sharpers. Nearly obsolete in this vulgar sense.

GO, a GO of gin,

a quartern of that liquor; GO is also synonymous with circumstance or occurrence; “a rummy GO,” and “a great GO,” signify curious and remarkable occurrences; “no GO,” no good; “here’s a pretty GO!” here’s a trouble! “to GO the jump,” to enter a house by the window; “all the GO,” in fashion.—See [LITTLE GO].

“Gemmen (says he), you all well know

The joy there is whene’er we meet;

It’s what I call the primest GO,

And rightly named, ’tis—‘quite a treat.’”

Jack Randall’s Diary, 1820.

GO-ALONG, a thief.—Household Words, No. 183.

GOB, the mouth; mucus, or saliva.—North. Sometimes used for GAB, talk—