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gig house

gig house is the alternative form of gighouse.

Meaning of gighouse

Noun

gighouse (plural gighouses)

  1. A building for keeping a gig (horse-drawn carriage) when not in use; carriage house.
    • In Reg. v. Coots, 2 Cox C. C. (Eng) 188, two boys were found concealed in a corn bin in an open gighouse, half a mile from the house in which the burglary was committed.1911, The American and English Annotated Cases, page 1287

Forms of gig house

pluralgig houses

Questions about gig house

What is gig house the alternative form of?
Gig house is the alternative form of gighouse.

Words near gig house in the dictionary

  1. gig bag
  2. gig bags
  3. gig economies
  4. gig economy
  5. Gig Harbor
  6. gig house
  7. gig houses
  8. gig work
  9. gig worker
  10. gig workers
  11. gig works

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