1653. Urquhart, Rabelais, Bk. II., ch. i., note. It signifies
rum-booze, as our gipsies call good-guzzle.
1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, s.v.
1698–1700. Ward, London Spy, part III., p. 47. A Pennyworth of
burnt Bread soften’d in a Mug of Porter’s guzzle.
c. 1795. Wolcot [P. Pindar], Peter’s Pension, in wks. (Dublin,
1795), vol. i., p. 484. Lo, for a little meat and guzzle, This
sneaking cur, too, takes the muzzle.
Verb. (vulgar).—1. To drink greedily, or to excess.
1607. Dekker, Westward Ho, v., 1. My master and Sir Gosling are
guzzling; they are dabbling together fathom-deep.
1693. Dryden, Persius, vi., 51. And, lavish of suspense, Quaffs,
crams, and guttles, in his own defence.
1698. Farquhar, Love and a Bottle, Act i. His education could reach
no farther than to guzzle fat ale.
1727. Gay, Beggars Opera, i., 3. Tom Tipple, a guzzling soaking
sot, who is always too drunk to stand himself.
1748. T. Dyche, Dictionary (5th ed.). Guzzle (v.) to tipple, to
fuddle, to drink much and greedily.
1782. Wolcot [P. Pindar], Lyric Odes, Ode i. The poet might have
guttled till he split.
1849. Thackeray, Pendennis, ch. lxi. Are you ... to tell me that
the aim of life is to guttle three courses and dine off silver?
Guzzle-guts, subs. (common).—A glutton; a hard drinker.—Lex. Bal.
(1811). See Guzzle.
Guzzler, subs. (colloquial).—A hard drinker; a coarse, voracious
feeder. See Guzzle.
a. 1760. T. Brown, Works, iii., 265 [ed. 1760]. Being an eternal
guzzler of wine, his mouth smelt like a vintner’s vault.
1841. Dickens, Barnaby Rudge, ch. xiii. To be looked upon as a
common pipe-smoker, beer-bibber, spirit-guzzler, and toss-pot.
Guzzling, subs. (vulgar).—Eating or drinking to excess; also eating or
drinking in a coarse unmannerly fashion.
1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, s.v.
1819. Moore, Tom Crib, p. 28. What with snoozing, high-grubbing and
guzzling like Chloe.
1882. F. Anstey, Vice Versâ, ch. xv. There shall be no pocketing at
this table, sir. You will eat that pudding under my eye at once,
and you will stay in and write out French verbs for two days. That
will put an end to any more guzzling in the garden for a time, at
least.
Guzzum, subs. (American).—Chatter; noise. For synonyms, see Patter.
1888. Detroit Free Press, 22 Dec. ‘Now, Jerry, if yer don’t stop
yer guzzum I’ll skin yer alive!’ she exclaimed as she stood in the
door and flourished a skillet at him.
G.Y. All a G.Y., adv. phr. (North Country).—Crooked; all on one side;
‘all of a hugh.’
Gybe, subs. (old).—A written paper.
1567. Harman, Caveat (1814), p. 65 A gyb, a writing.
1608. Dekker, Belman of London, in wks. (Grosart) III., 104. His
office is to make counterfet licences, which are called gybes.
1724. E. Coles, Eng. Dict. Gybe, any Writing or Pass.
1818. Scott, Heart of Midlothian, ch. xxv. He knows my gybe [pass]
as well as the jark [seal] of e’er a queer cuffin [justice of
peace] in England.
Verb (old).—1. To whip; to castigate. E.g., gybed at the cart’s arse =
whipped at the cart’s tail.
1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, Gyb’d, jerkt or whipt.
Gybing (also Gibery), subs. (old: now recognised).—Jeering.
1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, s.v.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
Gyger. See Jigger.
Gymnasium, subs. (venery).—The female pudendum. For synonyms, see
Monosyllable.
Gyp, subs. (Cambridge University).—1. A college servant. At Oxford, a
scout, at Dublin, a skip. [Etymology doubtful: according to Sat. Rev.
an abbreviation of Gipsy Joe; according to Cambridge undergraduates
from the Greek γύψ (gups) = a vulture; from the creature’s rapacity.]
1794. Gent. Mag., p. 1085. [A Cambridge college servant is called a
jip.]
1842. Tait’s Mag., Oct., ‘Reminiscences of Coll. Life.’ There is
attached to colleges and halls a person more useful than
ornamental, and better known than paid, whom Oxonians name Gyp,
from his supposed moral affinity to a vulture (γύψ). The same is in
Dublin denominated a Skip, because of the activity which is an
indispensable item in his qualifications.
1849. C. Kingsley, Alton Locke, ch. xii. I’ll send you in luncheon
as I go through the butteries; then, perhaps, you’d like to come
down and see the race. Ask the Gyp to tell you the way.
1850. Smedley, Frank Fairleigh, p. 254. Fellow you call the gyp
wanted to make me believe you were out—thought I looked too like a
governor to be let in, I suppose.
1882. F. Anstey, Vice Versâ, ch. v. Who should we see coming
straight down on us but a Proctor with his bull-dogs (not dogs, you
know, but the strongest gyps in the college).