fizzgig

Noun (1)

fizgig (plural fizgigs)

1. (archaic) A flirtatious, coquettish girl, inclined to gad or gallivant about; a gig, a giglot, a jillflirt.
   • You thinke (perhaps) to win great fame / by uncouth sutes and fashions wilde: / All such as know you thinke the same, / but in ech kind you are beguilde; / For when you looke for praises sound; / Then are you for light fisgiggs crownde.1596, Stephen Gosson, Pleasant Quippes for Vpstart Nevvfangled Gentlevvomen, London: Imprinted at London by Richard Iohnes, →OCLC; reprinted as [John Payne Collier, editor], Pleasant Quippes for...

   Synonyms:

   gig, giglot

2. (archaic) Something frivolous or trivial; a gewgaw, a trinket.
   • "[…] Lillie did the best she could, poor girl! but I could see all the time she was worrying about her new fizgigs and folderols in the house.[…]" / "[…] Young mistresses, you see, have nerves all over their house at first. They tremble at every dent in their furniture, and wink when you come near...1871, Harriet Beecher Stowe, “John’s Birthday”, in Pink and White Tyranny. A Society Novel, Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, →OCLC, page 147

   Synonyms:

   folderol, gewgaw, trifle, trinket

Noun (2)

fizgig (plural fizgigs)

1. (archaic) A small squib-like firework that explodes with a fizzing or hissing noise.
   • What the Chevalier [Mortram] is about to do no one is supposed to know but himself. In the impenetrable breast of the artist lies the determination […] whether a Devil-among-the-Tailors shall end his freaks with a grand explosion of flower-pots and fizzgigs; […] or a fiery dragon to dart and...1853 September 10, “A Brilliant Display of Fireworks”, in Charles Dickens, editor, Household Words. A Weekly Journal, volume VIII, number 181, London: Published at the Office, no. 16, Wellington...

Noun (3)

fizgig (plural fizgigs)

1. (Australia, dated, slang) A police informer, a stool pigeon, someone employed by police to entrap someone else or provoke them to commit a crime.
   • In order to make the clause perfect the Minister might add— / All "spotters," spies, fizgigs, and informers will be properly rewarded, and duly promoted, and guaranteed against publicity.1922, Parliament of Australia, Parliamentary Debates, volume 101, [s.l.]: Printed and published for the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia by J. Kemp, →OCLC, page 3262

   Synonyms:

   informant

Noun (4)

fizgig (plural fizgigs)

1. (Scotland, rare) common ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris, syn. Senecio jacobaea).
   • S[enecio] jacobæa. Ragwort: Yellow-weed: Yellow elshinders, and in the Merse [Berwickshire], Fizz-gigs.—A common weed in old pastures and by road-sides.1853, George Johnston, “A Flora of the Eastern Borders”, in The Botany of the Eastern Borders, with the Popular Names and Uses of the Plants, and of the Customs and Beliefs which have been Associated...

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