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"Gal-boy" | Term for an effeminate man or homosexual |
"Gallinippers" | Insects or mosquitoes |
"Ginned cotton" | Flower bread |
"Give the cold shoulder" | Serving someone the shoulder of an animal cold to suggest that the house guest had over-extended his/her welcome |
"Giving the vermin a parole" | Throwing away clothes infected with lice |
"Going down the line" | Paying a visit to a brothel |
"Goober grabbers" | Term for Georgia troops |
"Goober peas" | Peanuts |
"Goobers" | Peanuts |
"Gravel" | Condition caused by lack of green vegetables |
"Greenbacks" | Money |
"Greenhorn" | Officer |
"Grey back" | Term used by Northern troops for Confederates meaning lice |