Gunner’s Daughter. To Kiss (or Marry) the Gunner’s Daughter, verb. phr. (nautical). To be flogged. [Gunner’s daughter = the gun to which boys were lashed for punishment.]
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
1833. Marryat, Peter Simple, ch. xxxii. I don’t know what officers are made of now-a-days. I’ll marry some of you young gentlemen to the gunner’s daughter before long. Quarter-deck’s no better than a bear-garden.
Gunpowder, subs. (old).—An old woman.
1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, s.v.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
Gunter.—See Cocker.
Gup, subs. (Anglo-Indian).—Gossip; scandal.
1868. Florence Marryat, Gup, xix. With regard to my title … Gup is the Hindustani for ‘Gossip.’ Voilâ tout!
1883. Hawley Smart, Hard Lines, ch. xxix. Our Eastern empire is much addicted to what they term gup, whereby they mean gossip, scandal, or by whatever other equivalent the taking away of one’s neighbours’ characters may be designated.