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Gad-fly

is not the roving but the goading fly. (Anglo-Saxon, gad, a goad.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Gab (g hard)
Gabardine
Gabel, Gabelle (g hard)
Gaberlunzie
Gabriel (g hard)
Gabrielle
Gabrina
Gabrioletta (g hard)
Gad (g hard)
Gad-about (A)
Gad-fly
Gad-steel
Gadshill
Gaels
Gaff (g hard)
Gaffer (g hard)
Gags
Gala Day (g hard)
Galactic Circle (The)
Galahad
Galaor (Don)