Goree (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Goree

Money, chiefly gold: perhaps from the traffic carried on at that place, which is chiefly for gold dust. CANT.

Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.

See also the definition in Nathan Bailey's 1736 dictionary of canting and thieving slang.

Gospel Shop * Gormagon

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Good Woman
Goodyer’s Pig
Goose
Goose Riding
Gooseberry
Gooseberry-eyed
Gooseberry Wig
Goosecap
Gorger
Gospel Shop
Goree
Gormagon
Gotch-gutted
To Gouge
To Grabble
Grafted
To Grab
Grannam
Grannum’s Gold
Granny
Grapple the Rails