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gunsel

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gun·sel  (gnsl)
n. Slang
A hoodlum or other criminal, especially one who carries a gun.

[Perhaps alteration (influenced by gun) of Yiddish gendzl, gosling, diminutive of gandz, goose, from Middle High German gans, from Old High German; see ghans- in Indo-European roots.]

gunsel [ˈgʌnsəl]
n US slang
1. a catamite
2. a stupid or inexperienced person, esp a youth
3. a criminal who carries a gun
[probably from Yiddish genzel; compare German ganslein gosling, from gans goose1]


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