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Definition of Gonophs
1. gonoph [n] - See also: gonoph
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gonophs
Literary usage of Gonophs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Musa Pedestris: Three Centuries of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes (1536-1896) by John Stephen Farmer (1896)
"i Understand, if you please, I'ma travelling thief, The gonophs all call me the
gypsy; By the rattler I ride when I've taken my brief, And I sling on my ..."
2. Tales of Mean Streets by Arthur Morrison (1921)
"And apart from that, why did other gonophs get lucky touches for half a century
of quids at a time, while he! ..."
3. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1860)
"... in contrasts with the young "gonophs," or thieving boys of Lou- don. Let the
ordinary " gamin" be measured against the blue-coated British butcher boy, ..."
4. Revelations of Prison Life: With an Enquiry Into Prison Discipline and by George Laval Chesterton (1856)
"Thieves, gonophs, or crossmen, in London, are divided into several mobs or gangs,
named from the district which they inhabit, distinct from each other ..."
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