As a verb gane
is to yawn; to gape.
As a noun ganef is
thief, rascal, scoundrel.
gane
English
Verb
(
gan)
(obsolete) To yawn; to gape.
- (Chaucer)
(
Webster 1913)
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ganef
English
Alternative forms
* gonoph
* gonif
* goniff
* gonef
Noun
(
en noun)
(slang, pejorative) Thief, rascal, scoundrel.
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