Gonoph

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Dated spelling of ganef.

    "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.'"

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nippickpocketprig

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"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.'"

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