gue

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  1. A musical instrument of the violin kind, having only two strings (of horsehair), and played like a violoncello, formerly used in Shetland. He could play upon the gue, and upon the common violin, the melancholy and pathetic tunes peculiar to the country. Scott, Pirate, ii.
  2. A rogue; a vagabond; a sharper. Diligent search was made all thereabout, But my ingenious gue had got him out. Honest Ghost, p. 232. (Nares.)

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  • Ai-gue!" Then a torrent of words, and then a single voice, "Ai-gue! —  F ;SF; - vol 091 issue 01 - July 1996
  • "Ai-gue. Ai-gue Do that sonovabitch," someone yelled. —  F ;SF; - vol 091 issue 01 - July 1996
  • It was Echa-gue, nearly 150 miles north of Manila! —  The Divine Wind
  • Nicolas Lebègue (c1631-1702) 36 Les Cloches (1685) 2: 17 —  Mininova
  • Malah laptop gue (nyaris) gak pernah keluar dari sleeve-nya - dan tetap scratched!! dohh …. bingung deh. menunggu dulu sampai muncul review tentang buttonless glass trackpad ini (btw layar LCD-nya LED glass juga lho) —  harry.sufehmi.com
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  1. Cf. gig and gewgaw.
  2. from Old French gucux, a rogue.
 

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