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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
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E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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G
G.C.B.
G.H.V.L.
G.O.M.
Gab
Gabardine'
Gabel', Gabelle
Gaberlunzie
Gabriel
Gabrielle
Gabrina
Gabrioletta
Gad
Gad-about
Gad-fly
Gad-steel
Gadshill
Gaels
Gaff
Gaffer
Gags
Gala Day
Galactic Circle
Galahad
Galaor
Galate'a
Galathe
Galaxy
Gale's Compound
Galen
Galeotti
Galerana
Galere
Galesus
Galiana
Galimaufrey
Gall and Wormwood
Gall of Bitterness
Gall of Pigeons
Gall's Bell
Gallant
Gallery
Galley
Galley Pence
Gallia
Gallia Braccata
Gallia Comata
Gallicenæ
Gallicism
Gallicum Merleburgæ
Galligantus
Gallimaufry
Gallipot
Gallo-Belgicus.
Galloon
Galloway
Gallowglass
Gallus Numidicus
Galore
Galvanism
Galway Jury
Gam
Gama
Gamaheu
Gamaliel.
Gamboge
Game
Game-leg
Game for a Spree
Game is not worth the Candle
Game's Afoot
Gamelyn
Gammer
Gammer Gurton's Needle
Gammon
Gammut
Gamp
Gamps and Harrises
Ganabim
Gander
Gander-cleugh
Gander-month
Ganelon
Ganem
Ganesa
Gang a-gley
Gang-board
Gang-day
Gangway
Ganges
Ganna
Ganor
Ganymede
Gaora
Gape
Garagantua
Garagantuan
Garble
Garcias
Gardarike
Garden
Gardener
Gardening
Gargamelle
Gargantua
Gargantuan
Gargittios
Gargouille
Garibaldi's Red Shirt
Garland
Garlick
Garnish
Garratt
Garraway's
Garrot'e
Garter
Garvies
Gasconade
Gaston
Gastrolators
Gat-tooth
Gate Money
Gate-posts
Gate of Italy
Gate of Tears
Gath
Gathered
Gathers
Gauche
Gaucherie
Gaudifer
Gaudy-day
Gaul
Gaunt
Gauntgrim
Gauntlet
Gautama
Gautier
Gauvaine
Gavelkind
Gawain
Gawrey
Gay
Gay Deceiver
Gay Girl
Gaze
Gaze-hound
Gazette
Gazetted
Gaznivides
Gear
Gee-up!
Geese
Gehenna
Gelert
Gellatley
Gemara
Gemmagog
Gems
Gendarmes
Gender-words:
General Funk
General Issue
Generalissimo
Generous
Geneura
Geneva
Geneva Bible
Geneva Bull
Geneva Courage
Geneva Doctrines
Geneva Print
Genevieve
Genii King
Genitive Case
Genius
Genius Loci
Genoa
Genovefa
Genre Painter
Gens Braccata
Gens Togata
Gentle
Gentle Shepherd
Gentleman
Gentleman of Paper and Wax
Geoffrey Crayon
Geology
Geomancy
Geometry
George II
George III
George IV
George, Mark, John
George
George a' Green
George Eliot
George Geith
George Sand
George Street
Geraint'
Geraldine
Geranium
Gerda
German
German Comb
German Silver
Gerrymander
Gerst-Monat
Gertrude
Gertrude of Wyoming
Gervais
Geryon
Geryoneo
Gesmas
Gessler
Gesta Romanorum
Geste
Get
Get, Got
Get by Heart
Get One's Back Up
Get-up
Gethsemane
Gewgaw
Ghebers
Ghibelline
Ghost
Ghoul
Giaffir
Giall
Giallar Bridge
Giallar Horn
Gian ben Gian
Giant of Literature
Giants
Giant's Causeway
Giants' Dance
Giant's Leap
Giants' War with Jove
Giaour
Gib
Gib Cat
Gibberish
Gibbet
Gibelins
Gibeonite
Giblets
Gibraltar
Gif Gaff
Gift-horse
Gig
Gig-lamps
Gig-manity
Giggle
Gil Blas
Gilbertines
Gild the Pill
Gilded Chamber
Gilderoy'
Gilderoy's Kite
Gildippe
Giles
Giles Overreach
Giles of Antwerp
Gill
Gills
Gillie
Gillies' Hill
Gillyflower
Gilpin
Gilt
Gilt-edge Investments
Giltspur Street
Gimlet Eye
Gimmer
Gin Sling
Ginevra
Gingerbread
Gingerbread Husbands
Gingerly
Gingham
Ginnunga Gap
Giona
Giotto
Giovanni
Gipsy
Giralda
Gird
Gird up the Loins
Girder
Girdle
Girdle of Venus
Girl
Girondists
Girouette
Gis
Gitanos
Give and Take
Give it Him
Give the Boys a Holiday
Give the Devil his Due
Gizzard
Gjallar
Glacis
Gladsheim
Gladstone Bag
Glamorgan
Glasgow Arms
Glasgow Magistrate
Glass
Glass Breaker
Glass-eye
Glass Houses
Glass Slipper
Glasse
Glassite
Glastonbury
Glaswegian
Glauber Salts
Glaucus
Glaucus' Swop
Glaymore
Glazier
Gleek
Gleichen
Gleipnir
Glenco'e
Glendoveer'
Glendower
Glim
Globe of Glass
Gloria
Gloria in Excelsis
Gloriana
Glorious John
Glorious First of June
Glorious Uncertainty of the Law
Glory
Glory Demon
Glory Hand
Glory be to the Father
Glossin
Gloucester
Glove
Glove Money
Gloves
Glubdubdrib
Gluckist and Piccinists
Glum
Glumdalclitch
Glutton
Gluttony
Gnatho
Gnomes
Gnostics
Go
Go along with You
Go-between
Go-by
Go it Blind
Go it, Warwick!
Go it, you Cripples!
Go of Gin
Go on all Fours
Go Out
Go through Fire and Water to serve you
Go to!
Go to the Wall
Go without Saying
Goat
Goat and Compasses
Goats
Gobbler
Gobbo
Gobelin Tapestry
Goblin
Goblin Cave
Goblins
God
Gods
God's Acre
Gods' Secretaries
God-child
Goddess Mothers
Godfather
Godfathers
Godfrey
Godfrey's Cordial
Godiva
Godless Florin
Godliness
Godmer
Goel
Goemot
Gog and Magog
Goggles
Gogmagog Hill
Gojam
Golconda
Gold
Gold Purse of Spain
Golden
Golden Age
Golden Apple
Golden Ass
Golden Ball
Golden Bay
Golden Bonds
Golden Bowl is Broken
Golden Bull
Golden Calf
Golden Cave
Golden Chain
Golden Fleece
Golden Fleece
Golden Fountain
Golden Girdle
Golden Horn
Golden House
Golden Legend
Golden Mean
Golden-mouthed
Golden Ointment
Golden Opinions
Golden Palace
Golden Rose
Golden Rule
Golden Shoe
Golden Shower
Golden Slipper
Golden State
Golden Stream
Golden Thigh
Golden Tooth
Golden Town
Golden Valley
Golden Verses
Goldy
Golgotha
Goliath
Golosh'
Gombeen Man
Gombo
Gondola
Gone 'Coon
Gone to the Devil
Gone Up
Goneril
Gonfalon
Gonfanon
Gonin
Gonnella's Horse
Gonsalez
Gonville College
Good
Good-bye
Good-Cheap
Good Duke Humphrey
Good Folk
Good Form, Bad Form
Good Friday
Good Graces
Good Hater
Good Lady
Good Neighbours
Good Regent
Good Samaritan
Good Time
Good Turn
Good and All
Good as Gold
Good for Anything
Good Wine needs no Bush
Goods
Goodfellow
Goodluck's Close
Goodman
Goodman of Ballengeich
Goodman's Croft
Goodman's Fields
Goodwin Sands
Goodwood Races
Goody
Goody Blake
Goody Two-Shoes
Goody-goody
Goose
Goose and Gridiron
Goose at Michaelmas
Gooseberry
Gooseberry Picker
Goosebridge
Goose Dubbs
Goose Gibbie
Gopher-wood
Gordian Knot
Gordon Riots
Gorgibus
Gorgon
Gorlois
Gosling
Goslings
Gospel
Gospel according to ...
Gospel of Wealth
Gospellers
Gossamer
Gossip
Gossypia
Got the Mitten
Gotch
Goth
Gotham
Gothamites
Gothic Architecture
Gouk
Gourd
Gourds
Gourmand
Gourmand's Prayer
Gourre
Gout
Goutte de Sang
Goven
Government Men
Gowan
Gower
Gowk
Gowk-thrapple
Gowlee
Gown
Gownsman
Graal
Grab
Grace
Grace's Card
Grace Cup
Grace Darling
Grace Days
Gracechurch
Graceless Florin
Graciosa
Gracioso
Gradasso
Gradely
Gradgrind
Græmes
Graham
Grahame's Dyke
Grail
Grain
Gramercy
Grammar
Grammarians
Grammont
Granary of Europe
Granby
Grand
Grandee
Grand Alliance
Grand Lama
Grande Passion
Grandison
Grandison Cromwell Lafayette
Grandmother
Grane
Grange
Grangerise
Grangousier
Grani
Granite City
Granite Redoubt
Granite State
Grantorto
Grapes
Grass
Grass Widow
Grasshopper
Grassmarket
Grassum
Gratiano
Grave
Grave-diggers
Grave Maurice
Grave Searchers
Grave as a Judge
Grave as an Owl
Gravelled
Gray
Gray Cloak
Gray Man's Path
Gray's Inn
Grayham's
Graysteel
Greal
Grease One's Fist
Greasy Sunday
Great
Great Bullet-head
Great Captain
Great Cham of Literature
Great Commoner
Great Cry and Little Wool
Great Dauphin
Great Elector
Great Go
Great Harry
Great Head
Great Men
Great Mogul
Great Mother
Great Perhaps
Great Scott
Great Sea
Great Unknown
Great Unwashed
Great Wits Jump
Great Wits to Madness nearly are Allied
Greatest
Greatheart
Greaves
Grebenski Cossacks
Grecian Bend
Grecian Coffee-house
Grecian Stairs
Greedy
Greegrees
Greek
Greek Calends Never.
Greek Church
Greek Commentator
Greek Cross
Greek Fire
Greek Gift
Greek Life
Greek Trust
Greeks
Green
Green Bag
Green Bird
Green Cloth
Green Dogs
Green Dragoons
Green Glasses
Green Goose
Green Gown
Green Hands
Green Horse
Green Howards
Green Isle
Green Knight
Green Labour
Green Linnets
Green Man
Green Room
Green Sea
Green Thursday
Green Tree
Green Wax
Green as Grass
Green Bag Inquiry
Green Baize Road
Green-Eyed Jealousy
Green in my Eye
Green Man and Still
Green Ribbon Day
Green Sleeves and Pudding Pies
Greens of Constantinople
Greenbacks
Greener
Greengage
Greenhorn
Greenlander
Greenlandman's Galley
Greenwich
Greenwich Barbers
Gregarines
Gregorian Calendar
Gregorian Chant
Gregorian Epoch
Gregorian Telescope
Gregorian Tree
Gregorian Water
Gregorian Year
Gregories
Gregory
Gregory Knights
Grenade
Grenadier'
Grenadier Guards
Grendel
Gresham College
Gresham and the Grasshopper
Gresham and the Pearl
Greta Hall
Gretchen
Grethel
Gretna Green Marriages
Grève
Grey Friars
Grey Hen
Grey Mare
Grey Wethers
Grey-coat Parson
Grey from Grief
Grey Goose Wing
Grey Mare's Tail
Grey Washer by the Ford
Greybeard
Greycoats
Greyhound
Greys
Gridiron
Grief
Grievance-monger
Griffen Horse
Griffin
Griffon, Griffen
Grig
Grim
Grimace
Grimalkin
Grimes
Grimm's Law
Grimsby
Grim's Dyke
Grimwig
Grin and Bear It
Grind
Grinders
Grisaille
Grise
Grisilda
Grist
Grizel
Groaning Cake
Groaning Chair
Groaning Malt
Groat
Grog
Grog Blossoms
Grogram
Groined Ceiling
Grommet, Gromet, Grumet
Grongar Hill
Groom of the Stole
Gross
Grosted
Grotesque
Grotta del Cane
Grotto
Grotto of Ephesus
Ground
Ground Arms
Groundlings
Grove
Growlers
Grub Street
Gruel
Grumbo
Grundy
Grunth
Gruyère
Gryll
Gryphon
Gryphons
Guadiana
Guaff
Guano
Guarantee
Guard
Guards of the Pole
Guarinos
Gubbings
Gudgeon
Gudrun
Gudule
Guebres
Guelder Rose
Guelpho
Guelphs
Guendolen
Guendolêna
Guenever
Guerilla
Guerino Meschino
Guess
Guest
Gueux
Gugner
Gui
Guiderius
Guides
Guido
Guido Francischini
Guildhall
Guillotine
Guinea
Guinea-dropper
Guinea Fowl
Guinea-hen
Guineapig
Guinever
Guinevere
Guingelot
Guisando
Guise's Motto:
Guitar
Gules
Gules of August
Gulf
Gulf Stream
Gulistan
Gull
Gulliver
Gulnare
Gummed
Gumption
Gun
Gun Cotton
Gun Money
Gun Room
Guns
Gunga
Gunner
Gunpowder Plot
Gunter's Chain
Günther
Gurgoils
Gurme
Gurney Light
Guthlac
Guthrum
Guttapercha
Gutter
Gutter Children
Gutter Lane
Guy
Guy, Earl of Warwick
Guy-ropes
Guyon
Gwynn
Gyges' Ring
Gymnastics
Gymnosophists
Gyneth
Gyp
Gypsy
Gyrfalcon, Gerfalcon
Gyromancy
Gytrash
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