Use of the word "gunsel" in Across the Pacific

My understanding is that they snuck in the use of the word gunsel into The Maltese Falcon because it actually means a homosexual; particularly, a young man kept as a companion, referring to the Wilmer character's relationship with Gutman.

Just one year later, in Across the Pacific (another picture with Bogart, Astor, and Greenstreet) it's used completely unironically to refer to a Japanese character who's a hired gun. Amazing how the word "changed" in just one year.





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