Gawky, a lanky, or awkward person; a fool. Saxon, GEAK; Scotch, GOWK.
Gay, loose, dissipated; “GAY woman,” a kept mistress or prostitute. Many people will remember Leech’s celebrated caricature of two wretched females on an equally wretched night, and the question asked by one woman of the other, “How long have you been GAY?”
Gay tyke boy, a dog-fancier.
Gee, to agree with, or be congenial to a person.
Geeloot, or GALOOT, a recruit, or awkward soldier. A clumsy person, also a term of contempt in America.
Gen, a shilling. See [back-slang article].
Gent, a contraction of “gentleman,”—in more senses than one. A dressy, showy, foppish man, with a little mind, who vulgarizes the prevailing fashion.
Gent, silver. From the French, ARGENT.
Gentleman of four outs; in Ireland when a vulgar, blustering fellow asserts that he is a gentleman, the retort generally is, “Yes, a GENTLEMAN OF FOUR OUTS”—that is, without wit, without money, without credit, and without manners.
Gentleman of three ins,—that is, in debt, in danger, and in poverty.