The feminine of B’HOY, q.v.
a. 1848. Go it, all ye “g’hals,” and all ye “b’hoys,” as much as you can, while you are young.—Dow, Jun., ‘Patent Sermons,’ i. 167.
1854. [They] coolly remarked upon my short stature and attenuated figure, and wondered ‘if that little animal was actually a man, or one of the g’hals we read of.’—Knick. Mag., xliv. 165 (Aug.).
1857. One of the g’hals, who had been to a camp-meeting.—Oregon Weekly Times, Aug. 1.
