Elsewhere, not in good odor.

GOLF An excuse for carrying unconcealed weapons and a Scotch
breath.

GONDOLA A pleasure craft which plies in Venice, at World's Fairs
and other popular watering places. From Eng. gone, and Lat. dolor,
sadness, or Eng. dollar. Sadness gone; also, a gone dollar.

GORE Blood. Shed daily in Chicago abattoirs but never spilled in
French duels.

GOSSIP Derived either from the Grk. gups, vulture, or Fr. gosier,
wind-pipe. Hence, a vulture that tears its prey to bits, or an
exercise of the wind-pipe from which every victim gets a blow.

GOUT The undesirable scion of High Living, which frequent the
lowest joints and is mentioned only in the Invalid's Foot-Notes.

GOWN From Lat. gaudium, joy. A thing of beauty and a joy forever;
if from Paris, generally an article of some Worth.

GUNPOWDER A black substance much employed in marking the boundary
lines of nations.

GUM A substance for sticking.

GUM-GAME A game in which some one is stuck.

GUTTER A school in which we may study the dregs of humanity or