gunsel

[Mullins, Bill]

The OED has Gunsel in 1914 for one definition (catamite), and
1950 for another (the Elisha Cook Jr. type).  This joke from
N'Archive may be using the word as a proper name (as many
cites from the era show up), but in context, it may be
related to the slang word.

Ohio | Newark | Newark Daily Advocate | 1896-06-18 p.5/4

"He Forgot to Mention It.
Greene - Say, that shotgun I bought
of yon blew into 10,000 pieces the first
time I fired it off. I don't see how I ever
got off alive.
Gunsel - Oh, yes; I forgot to tell you.
You have heard of those new disappear-
ing guns the government is getting?
Well, that was one of them. - Indianapolis
Journal."