gonoph
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[edit]Noun
[edit]gonoph (plural gonophs)
- Dated spelling of ganef.
- 1851 June 14, “On Duty with Inspector Field”, in Charles Dickens, editor, Household Words:
- 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.'