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GO KERT.—A child's cart.

GONY.—A very stupid person.

GOOD.—This word has various significations.

"Gie us a good helpin' o' pudden," i.e., a large helping.

"Vor good" means "finally," not to return, and in this sense the phrase is often extended to "vor good an' all."

GOOD DOER.—An animal that shows well by its condition the benefit of the food given. The reverse of a Bad Doer.

GOODISH.—Rather large.

GOOD 'UN.—An improbable story. When such is told the observation, "that be a good 'un" is common.

To run a good 'un is to run very quickly."

GOOD VEW.—A considerable number.

GO ON AT.—To administer a prolonged and irritating scolding. One who has been scolded greatly for having done work improperly may retort,

If 'e goes on at I any moor 'e med do the job yerzelf, vor I wunt."

GOOSEBERRY.—The devil is called "Awld Gooseberry." There is also the phrase "Plaayin' up awld Gooseberry" to indicate wild pranks. Common.

GOOSEGOGS.—Gooseberries.

GORE.—Level low-lying land. Most parishes have a field called the "Gore," this being, perhaps, even more common than such well-known names as the Dean, the Litten, the Piddle, or the Slad.

GOWGE.—Gauge, measure.

"I took gowge on 'in when I vust zin 'in an' knawed as a was a bad lot."

GOWND.—A gown or frock.

GO ZO VUR.—Go so far; last so long.

"That chaze wunt go so vur if 'e lets the childern two-ast ut."

GRAAINS.—The forks of a prong, thus: a dung prong is a three-graained prong.

Malt after all the goodness is extracted in brewing.

GRAB.—To seize quickly.