Gay Tyke Boy, subs. phr. (old).—A dog fancier.
1848. Duncombe, Sinks of London, s.v. [[127]]
Gazebo, subs. (old).—A summer-house commanding an extensive view. [Dog-Latin, gazebo = I will gaze.]
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
1811. Lexicon Balatronicum, s.v.
Geach, subs. (thieves’).—A thief. For synonyms, see Thieves.
1821. Haggart, Life, p. 56. He was a tolerable geach.
Verb. (thieves’).—To steal. For synonyms, see Prig.
1821. Haggart, Life, p. 73. A small dross scout … which I knew had been geached.
Gear, subs. (venery).—1. The private parts, both male and female. [‘Geere, besognes; aussi les parties honteuses’ (Robert Sherwood’s Dictionarie, English and French, appended to Cotgrave, 1660). ‘Besongner … also to do or leacher with’ (Cotgrave). Anglo-Saxon: gearwe (strong feminine plural) ornaments. Skeat says original sense of gear was ‘preparation.’]