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gig-lamps

gig-lamps is the plural of gig-lamp.

Meaning of gig-lamp

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.

Questions about gig-lamps

What is gig-lamps the plural of?
Gig-lamps is the plural of gig-lamp.

Words near gig-lamps in the dictionary

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

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