2. (venery).—The female pudendum. For synonyms, see Monosyllable.
Verb (Winchester College).—To fall in the water flat on the stomach. Fr., piquer un plat-ventre.
To lap the gutter, verb. phr. (common).—To be in the last stage of intoxication. For synonyms, see Drinks and Screwed.
Carry me out and leave me in the gutter, phr. (American).—See Carry me out. [[239]]
Gutter-alley (or Lane), subs. (common).—The throat. All goes down Gutter-lane = ‘He spends all on his stomach.’
English Synonyms.—Beer Street; common sewer; drain; funnel; Gin Lane; gulf; gullet; gully-hole; gutter; Holloway; Peck Alley; Red Lane; the Red Sea; Spew Alley; swallow; thrapple; throttle; whistle.
French Synonyms.—La carafe (tramps’); la creuse (popular = Holloway); le corridor; le cornet (popular); le couloir; le lampas; la goule (popular); le gose (popular: an abbreviation of gosier: also gésier); la gargoine (thieves’); la gargarousse (thieves’ = Old Gargles); le four (popular = the oven); le fanal (popular); l’entonnoir (popular = the funnel); l’avaloir (thieves’ = the swallow).
German Synonym.—Kollert (Hanoverian).
Spanish Synonym.—La gorja.
1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, s.v.