gonoph

English edit

gonoph (plural gonophs)

Dated spelling of ganef.
- 1851 June 14, “On Duty with Inspector Field”, in Charles Dickens, editor, Household Words:
  If the smallest Gonoph about town were crouching at the bottom... Inspector Field would nose him with a finer scent than an ogre's, when adventurous Jack lay trembling in his kitchen copper.'