1890. Cassell’s Enc. Dict. Gambler, one given to playing for a stake.
Gambol, subs. (booking clerks’).—A railway ticket.
1882. Daily News, 6 Sept., p. 2, c. 5. … Mr. Chance [the magistrate] asked what gambols meant. The inspector said doubtless the railway tickets.
Gam-cases, subs. (old). Stockings (Parker, Life’s Painter). [From gam = leg + case.]
Game, subs. (old).—1. The proceeds of a robbery; swag (q.v.).
1676. Warning for Housekeepers. Song. When that we have bit the bloe, we carry away the game.
2. (old).—A company of whores. A game-pullet = a young prostitute, or a girl inclined to lechery; cf., adj., sense 8.
1690. B. E., New Dictionary, s.v. … also a Bawdy house, lewd women.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v. game … Mother, have you any game, Mother, have you any girls?
3. (old).—A gull; a simpleton. For synonyms, see Buffle and Cabbage-head.