Gay Gordons

Gay Gordons

The Gay Gordons is a nickname of The Gordon Highlanders, a former infantry regiment of the British army. It is also applied to:

*Gay Gordons (solitaire), a form of the card game Solitaire (or Patience)
*Gay Gordons (dance), a popular ceilidh dance
*The Gay Gordons, a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Scottish country dance club based in London


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