1630. Taylor, Works. For ’tis concluded ’mongst the wizards all, To make thee master of Gul-finches hall.
Gull-groper, subs. (old).—A gamesters’ money-lender.
1609. Dekker, Lanthorne and Candle-light. The gul-groper is commonly an old mony-monger, who having travaild through all the follyes of the world in his youth, knowes them well, and shunnes them in his age, his whole felicitie being to fill his bags with golde and silver.
1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew. Gull-groper, s.v. A Bystander that Lends Money to the Gamesters.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v. [[233]]
Gully, subs. (common).—1. The throat. For synonyms, see Gutter-alley.
2. (venery).—The female pudendum. For synonyms, see Monosyllable.
3. (old and Scots’).—A knife. For synonyms, see Chive.
1653. Urquhart, Rabelais, bk. I., ch. xxvii. Fair gullies which are little haulch-backed demi-knives.
1785. Burns, Death and Dr. Hornbook. I red ye weel, tak care o’ skaith, See, there’s a gully.