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gig-lamp

gig-lamp noun: either of the lamps on either side of a gig carriage; a headlamp.

Noun

gig-lamp (plural gig-lamps)

  1. (archaic, historical) Either of the lamps on either side of a gig carriage; a headlamp.
    • But once on the more secure purchase of the macadamised main road, their driver turned off his gig-lamps and let the passengers swell slowly into drowsy sleep as he set sail for distant Avignon.1985, Lawrence Durrell, Quinx (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 1257
  2. (dated, in plural, slang) Spectacles.

Forms of gig-lamp

pluralgig-lamps

Origin of gig-lamp

From gig + lamp.

Questions about gig-lamp

What does gig-lamp mean?
Gig-lamp means either of the lamps on either side of a gig carriage; a headlamp.
What part of speech is gig-lamp?
Gig-lamp is a noun.
What is the plural of gig-lamp?
The plural of gig-lamp is gig-lamps.

Words near gig-lamp in the dictionary

  1. gig works
  2. gig-goer
  3. gig-goers
  4. gig-house
  5. gig-houses
  6. gig-lamp
  7. gig-lamps
  8. gig-mill
  9. gig-mills
  10. giga-
  11. giga-amp

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