Gravesend-bus, subs. (common).—A hearse.
Gravesend-sweetmeats, subs. (popular).—Shrimps.
Gravesend-twins, subs. (common).—Solid particles of sewage.
Grave-yard, subs. (common).—1. The mouth. For synonyms, see Potato-trap.
To keep a private grave-yard, verb. phr. (American).—To affect ferocity; to bluster.
Gravy, subs. (venery).—The sexual discharge; the spendings (q.v.) both male and female. [Hence gravy-giver = the penis and the female pudendum; and gravy-maker = the female pudendum. Hence, too, to give one’s gravy = to spend (q.v.). Cf., Beef and Mutton.]
d. 1796. Burns, ‘Dainty Davie,’ in Merry Muses. I wot he cam atween my thie, An’ creeshed it weel wi’ gravy.
Gravy-eye, subs. (common).—A derisive epithet: e.g., Well Old gravy-eye.
Grawler, subs. (old).—A beggar. For synonyms, see Cadger.
1821. D. Haggart, Life, Glossary p. 62. Not so much as would sweeten a grawler in the whole of them.