galoshes overshoes, especially high, warmly lined overshoes of rubber and fabric.
get wise with her here, to approach her sexually.
Give her the time here, engage in sexual activity with the girl.
Gladstones light hand luggage with two hinged compartments.
glider a porch seat suspended in a frame so that it can glide or swing back and forth.
goose to prod suddenly and playfully in the backside so as to startle.
Grand Central Station a famous, expansive train station in New York City.
Great Dane any of a breed of very large, muscular dog with pointed, erect ears, a square muzzle, and a short, thick, smooth coat.
grippe influenza; the flu.
grool here, an unattractive person.
half gainer a fancy dive in which the diver springs from the board facing forward and does a back flip in the air so as to enter the water headfirst, facing the board.
halitosis bad-smelling breath.
halitosis bad-smelling breath.
hemorrhage the escape of large quantities of blood from a blood vessel; heavy bleeding.
highballs tall glasses of liquor, usually whiskey or brandy, mixed with water, soda water, ginger ale, etc. and served with ice.
Holland Tunnel a passageway connecting lower Manhattan with Jersey City, New Jersey, beneath the Hudson River.
hound's-tooth jacket a jacket featuring a pattern of irregular broken checks.
incognito with true identity unrevealed or disguised; under an assumed name, rank, etc.
inferiority complex any feeling of inferiority, inadequacy, etc.; originally a psychiatric term.
It's a secret between he and I. Mr. Antolini surely knows that this example of poor grammar is one that Holden frequently slips into, using the subjective form of the pronouns instead of the objective. The correct form would be to say, "It's a secret between him and me."
