gunseln.

Brit.

/ˈɡʌnsl/, U.S.

/ˈɡən(t)s(ə)l/

Forms: 1900s– gonsil, 1900s– gonzel, 1900s– gunsel, 1900s– gunshel, 1900s– guntzel, 1900s– gunzel.

Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Yiddish. Etymon: Yiddish gendzl.

Etymology: < Yiddish gendzl boy, youth, extended use of gendzl gosling < Middle High German genselīn gosling, (in extended use) conceited or silly girl (German Gänslein ; < gans goose n. + -līn, suffix forming diminutives).Specific use denoting a sexual partner is not recorded in dictionaries of either Yiddish or German, and probably developed within English. Sense 2 reflects a misapprehension of the use by Dashiell Hammett in his novel The Maltese Falcon (1929). Hammett found gunsel in a dictionary, where it was euphemistically glossed as ‘a boy hired for immoral purposes’, and decided to use it in a context where the meaning was not clear (see quot. 1929 at sense 1), in order to play a prank on the prudish editor of his novel. Subsequent authors associated gunsel with gun n. and began to use it in an assumed sense ‘gunman’ in their own pulp fiction.

U.S. slang.

1. Among vagrants: a boy, a youth; a young male companion of a vagrant, esp. one who is made use of as a sexual partner. Hence: a young man who is made use of as a sexual partner by an older man. Cf. punk n.¹ 2b. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1910 N.Y. Times 28 Aug. (Mag.) 11/2 When, it is estimated, there are no less than 500,000 beggars, ‘burleys’ and ‘locals’, in this country, boys, or ‘gunsels’, have played a large part in contributing to their support.

1921 P. Casey & T. Casey Gay-cat xxii. 209 The foxy varmint, the slick little gunsel! Why, he was plannin' all the time ter rob her hisself.

1929 D. Hammett Maltese Falcon in Black Mask Nov. 43/1 Keep that gunsel away from me while you're making up your mind.

1936 H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. (ed. 4) xi. 584 Gonov, which means a thief to thieves, means a fool on the carnival lot, and the same meaning is given to guntzel, which means, in the jungles, the boy companion of a tramp.

2. A (young) gunman; a hired thug; a hoodlum.This sense seems to have arisen from a misunderstanding of the meaning of the word in Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon (see quot. 1929 at sense 1) and in the 1941 film adaptation of the same name: see note in etymology.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > one armed with or using firearm

shot1598

gun-man1624

popper1733

gunsman1766

firer1807

pluffer1828

gun1931

gunsel1942

gun-slinger1953

society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > disorder or riot > [noun] > action or behaviour of gangs of hooligans > member of gang of hooligans

whitecap1607

shrove-prentice1638

Mohock?1711

sweater1712

highbinder1806

hoodlum1871

hooligan1898

hood1930

skolly1934

tear-away1938

gunsel1942

Teddy boy1954

hell's angel1956

angel1965

bikie1967

skinhead1969

bovver boy1970

boot-boy1977

casual1980

1942 ‘B. Halliday’ Corpse came Calling ii. 23 There are plenty of trigger boys in town who'd take care of him for a hundred bucks. Hell, I might even put you in touch with a gunsel.

1965 J. Wainwright Web of Silence 34 The voice said: ‘..This is a gun—and it's silenced. Okay?’..I tried to work out what sort of a voice the gunsel had.

1973 V. Teresa & T. C. Renner My Life in Mafia xxviii. 333 That's the trouble with these big-figure contracts you read about the mob putting out. It's propaganda for street punks. That way they have every two-bit gunsel on the street looking to make a score, a name for himself.

1991 Conjunctions 17 160 He walks out of the store and into the arms of two thugs, gunsels, your honor, ominous bulging whyos without a care in the world.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gunsel
释义	gunseln. Brit. /ˈɡʌnsl/, U.S. /ˈɡən(t)s(ə)l/ Forms: 1900s– gonsil, 1900s– gonzel, 1900s– gunsel, 1900s– gunshel, 1900s– guntzel, 1900s– gunzel. Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Yiddish. Etymon: Yiddish gendzl. Etymology: < Yiddish gendzl boy, youth, extended use of gendzl gosling < Middle High German genselīn gosling, (in extended use) conceited or silly girl (German Gänslein ; < gans goose n. + -līn, suffix forming diminutives).Specific use denoting a sexual partner is not recorded in dictionaries of either Yiddish or German, and probably developed within English. Sense 2 reflects a misapprehension of the use by Dashiell Hammett in his novel The Maltese Falcon (1929). Hammett found gunsel in a dictionary, where it was euphemistically glossed as ‘a boy hired for immoral purposes’, and decided to use it in a context where the meaning was not clear (see quot. 1929 at sense 1), in order to play a prank on the prudish editor of his novel. Subsequent authors associated gunsel with gun n. and began to use it in an assumed sense ‘gunman’ in their own pulp fiction. U.S. slang. 1. Among vagrants: a boy, a youth; a young male companion of a vagrant, esp. one who is made use of as a sexual partner. Hence: a young man who is made use of as a sexual partner by an older man. Cf. punk n.¹ 2b. Now rare. ΚΠ 1910 N.Y. Times 28 Aug. (Mag.) 11/2 When, it is estimated, there are no less than 500,000 beggars, ‘burleys’ and ‘locals’, in this country, boys, or ‘gunsels’, have played a large part in contributing to their support. 1921 P. Casey & T. Casey Gay-cat xxii. 209 The foxy varmint, the slick little gunsel! Why, he was plannin' all the time ter rob her hisself. 1929 D. Hammett Maltese Falcon in Black Mask Nov. 43/1 Keep that gunsel away from me while you're making up your mind. 1936 H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. (ed. 4) xi. 584 Gonov, which means a thief to thieves, means a fool on the carnival lot, and the same meaning is given to guntzel, which means, in the jungles, the boy companion of a tramp. 2. A (young) gunman; a hired thug; a hoodlum.This sense seems to have arisen from a misunderstanding of the meaning of the word in Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon (see quot. 1929 at sense 1) and in the 1941 film adaptation of the same name: see note in etymology. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > one armed with or using firearm shot1598 gun-man1624 popper1733 gunsman1766 firer1807 pluffer1828 gun1931 gunsel1942 gun-slinger1953 society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > disorder or riot > [noun] > action or behaviour of gangs of hooligans > member of gang of hooligans whitecap1607 shrove-prentice1638 Mohock?1711 sweater1712 highbinder1806 hoodlum1871 hooligan1898 hood1930 skolly1934 tear-away1938 gunsel1942 Teddy boy1954 hell's angel1956 angel1965 bikie1967 skinhead1969 bovver boy1970 boot-boy1977 casual1980 1942 ‘B. Halliday’ Corpse came Calling ii. 23 There are plenty of trigger boys in town who'd take care of him for a hundred bucks. Hell, I might even put you in touch with a gunsel. 1965 J. Wainwright Web of Silence 34 The voice said: ‘..This is a gun—and it's silenced. Okay?’..I tried to work out what sort of a voice the gunsel had. 1973 V. Teresa & T. C. Renner My Life in Mafia xxviii. 333 That's the trouble with these big-figure contracts you read about the mob putting out. It's propaganda for street punks. That way they have every two-bit gunsel on the street looking to make a score, a name for himself. 1991 Conjunctions 17 160 He walks out of the store and into the arms of two thugs, gunsels, your honor, ominous bulging whyos without a care in the world. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1910
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