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▪ I. gan slang.|gæn| [Perh. connected with gane v.; or possibly a. Welsh geneu, Cornish ganau, mouth.] The mouth.
1567Harman Caveat (1869) 82 Gan, a mouth. 1609Dekker Lanthorne & Candle-lt. C j b, Thou shalt pek my Iere In thy Gan. 1641Brome Joviall Crew ii. Wks. 1873 III. 391 This Bowse is better then Rum-bowse, It sets the Gan a gigling. a1700B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Gan, a Mouth, Ganns, the Lipps. 1725in New Cant. Dict. 1785in Grose Dict. Vulg. Tongue, s.v. ▪ II. gan erron. form of can in to can thanks (see can v.1 10). ▪ III. gan pa. tense of gin; obs. infin. of go. |