ABSTRACT
G.–2. The sum of £1000: since ca. 1930. Ex U.S.A.: cf. grand, 2. (Hanan.)—3. ' A band of paper put round an eye-dropper to fix a needle in it when a proper syringe '—read ' hypodermic needle '—' is not available ' (Barry Ellis, I Came Back from Hell, 1964): addicts': since early 1950's. Perhaps the initial letter of gun, a hypodermic needle.—4. Short for gaff, n., 12, on p. 273, or gimmick, 4, on p. 287: U,S., mostly gamblers ': since the late 1940's. (Anon, list received in 1961.)
