Gamaliel.

In the Talmud is rather a good story about this pundit. Cæsar asked Gamaliel how it was that God robbed Adam in order to make Eve. Gamaliel’s daughter instantly replied, the robbery was substituting a golden vessel for an earthen one.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Galloon
Galloway (g hard)
Gallowglass
Gallus Numidicus (A)
Galore
Galvanism (g hard)
Galway Jury
Gam
Gama (g hard)
Gamaheu
Gamaliel
Gamboge
Game
Game
Game-leg
Game for a Spree
Game is not worth the Candle (The)
Game’s Afoot (The)
Gamelyn
Gammer (g hard)
Gammer Gurton’s Needle

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