gonoph

noun

gonoph

noun

1

Dated spelling of ganef.

If the smallest Gonoph about town were crouching at the bottom... Inspector Field would nose him with a finer scent than an ogre's, when adventurous Jack lay trembling in his kitchen copper.'1851 June 14, “On Duty with Inspector Field”, in Charles Dickens, editor, Household Words:

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