Guy (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Guy

A dark lanthorn: an allusion to Guy Faux, the principal actor in the gunpowder plot. Stow the guy: conceal the lanthorn.

Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.

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