LLON= From the Fr. _galonner_, to make tight. Note, one is
sufficient.

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=GALLANTRY= This word is now almost obsolete. It was formerly
employed to express a deferential attention on the part of the
man who in a crowded car gave up his seat to the ladies.

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=GAMBLER= From the Grk. _gumnos_, stripped to the skin. And the
gambler's the one that does it.

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=GARDEN= From the Fr. _garantir_, to make good. Hence, a place
where lovers make good.

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=GARLIC= From Grk. _gar_, for, and Lat. _liceor_, to bid. Good for
the biddies.

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=GEM= A breakfast muffin. With the newly married, syn. for "a
precious stone."

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=GERM= A bit of animal life living in water.

=GERMAN=

[Illustration]

More animal life, living on beer.

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=GIRAFFE= The champion rubber-neck of the world, and the longest
thirst on record.

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=GLOBE= An all-round proposition which has furnished its
shareholders a living for several thousand years, though its
stock is two-thirds water.

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=GOAT= The honored founder and oldest inhabitant of Harlem, N.Y.
Elsewhere, not in good odor.

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=GOLF= An excuse for carrying unconcealed weapons and a Scotch
breath.

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=GONDOLA= A pleasure craft which plies in Venice, at World's Fairs
and other popular watering places. From Eng. _gone_, and Lat.
_dolor_, sadness, or Eng. _dollar_. Sadness gone; also, a gone
dollar.

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=GORE= Blood. Shed daily in Chicago abattoirs but never spilled in
French duels.

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=GOSSIP= Derived either from the Grk. _gups_, vulture, or Fr.
_gosier_, wind-pipe. Hence, a vulture that tears its prey to
bits, or an exercise of the wind-pipe from which every victim
gets a blow.

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=GOUT= The undesirable scion of High Living, which frequent the
lowest joints and is ment