1851–61. Mayhew, Lond. Lab. and Lond. Poor, i., 461. The shallow got so grannied in London.
Ibid., p. 340. If they granny the manley (perceive the signature) of a brother officer or friend.
Grant. To grant the favour, verb. phr. (venery).—To confer the sexual embrace; to spread (q.v.).
1720. Durfey, Pills, etc., vi. 58. If at last she grants the favour, And consents to be undone.
1754. Fielding, Jonathan Wild, iv. 7. I … never would grant the favour to any man till I had drunk a heavy glass with him.
Grape-shot, adj. (common).—Drunk. For synonyms, see Drinks and Screwed.
Grape-vine, subs. (American).—A hold in wrestling.
Grape-vine Telegraph, subs. phr. (American).—News mysteriously conveyed. [During the Civil War bogus reports from the front were said to be by the Grape-vine Telegraph.] Also Clothes-line Telegraph. [[195]]
Grapple, subs. (common).—The hand. Also grappler. For synonyms, see Daddle and Mauley.
1852. Hazel, Yankee Jack, p. 9. Give us your grappler on that, old fellow.