gan n.
(UK Und.) the mouth; in pl., the lips; occas. the throat.
Hye way to the Spyttel House Eiii: Cyarum by salmon and thou shalt pek my iere / In thy gan for my watch it is nace gere. | ||
Caveat for Common Cursetours in Viles & Furnivall (1907) 82: gan, a mouth. | ||
Groundworke of Conny-catching [as cit. c.1566]. | ||
Lanthorne and Candle-Light Ch. 1: [as cit. c.1535]. | ||
Martin Mark-all 43: A gere peck in thy gan. | ||
Jovial Crew II i: This Bowse is better than Rum-bowse, / It sets the Gan a-gigling. | ||
Eng. Rogue I 49: Gan, A Lip. | ||
‘The Rogues . . . praise of his Stroling Mort’ in Canting Academy (1674) 19: White thy fambles, red thy gan, / And thy quarrons dainty is. | ||
Academy of Armory Ch. iii item 68c: Canting Terms used by Beggars, Vagabonds, Cheaters, Cripples and Bedlams. [...] Gan, a Mouth. | ||
Dict. Canting Crew n.p.: Ganns c. the Lipps. | ||
Triumph of Wit 198: [as cit. 1674]. | ||
Vain Dreamer (in | 1826) 46: Her gans were like to coral red, / A thousand times I kissed ’em.||
, , , | Universal Etym. Eng. Dict. n.p.: gan a mouth. [Ibid.] gans the lips. | |
Scoundrel’s Dict. 18: Lips – Gans. | ||
, , | Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue n.p.: gan the mouth or lips (cant). | |
Dict. Sl. and Cant n.p.: Gan the mouth. | ||
Lex. Balatronicum [as cit. 1785]. | ||
Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue [as cit. 1785]. | ||
Modern Flash Dict. [as cit. 1809]. | ||
Flash Dict. in Sinks of London Laid Open. | ||
Vocabulum [as cit. 1785]. | ||
Sl. Dict. (1890). | ||
Und. Speaks 43/2: Gans, the lips. |