subs. phr. (common).—Syphilis; FRENCH GOUT (q.v.).
ENGLISH SYNONYMS. BAD (or FOUL) DISEASE (or DISORDER); Barnwell ague; the CLAP (sometimes but erroneously): coals (or winter coals); Covent Garden ague; the crinkums; fire; the Frenchman or French gout; the glim; the GLUE (q.v.); the Garden gout; goodyears (SHAKESPEARE); grandgore (old Scots’); knock with a French FAGGOT (q.v.); malady of France (SHAKESPEARE); the marbles; the stick; the Scotch fiddle; Venus’ curse.
FRENCH SYNONYMS. La baude (thieves’); un coup de pied de jument or de Venus (common = a mare’s kick or a kick from Venus); la goutte militaire (military = soldiers’ gout); un gros lot (common = a prize); le lazzi-lof (thieves’); le mal de Naples or le mal frances; le naze (thieves’).
ITALIAN SYNONYMS. Galicar; galicodo; picado; potro.
GERMAN SYNONYMS. Der Kleiner Franzose (= the little French girl); Laufer (= running); Türkische-musik (= Turkish-delight).
