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gigful

gigful noun: the number or quantity that can be held by a gig (rowboat or two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage).

Noun

gigful (plural gigfuls)

  1. The number or quantity that can be held by a gig (rowboat or two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage).
    • Before the two large quarter-boats could be got ready for the ladies and the rest of us, in fact, we heard the gigful of writers and cadets beginning to pop away at everything they saw alive, out of sight of the ship […]1856, George Cupples, chapter 16, in The Green Hand, London: Sands, published 1878, page 219
    • I am well aware there is a Providence for drunken men, that holds the reins for them and presides over their troubles; doubtless he had his work cut out for him with this particular gigful!1897, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter 13, in St. Ives, New York: Scribner, page 141
  2. The number of songs that can be performed during a gig (performing engagement by a musician or musical group).
    • They had eight Guthrie songs now, and some more to make up the gigful.2007, Roddy Doyle, “The Deportees”, in The Deportees and Other Stories, New York: Viking, page 58

Examples of gigful in a sentence

  • Then he ran down the steps, in a splendid pair of pants, towards the gigful of girls, who had been brought from Sydney for him to choose from.1955, Patrick White, chapter 8, in The Tree of Man, New York: Viking, page 107:
  • […] an ageing market woman, driving her gigful of yokel produce to back doors and draughty stalls,1976, Norah Lofts, To See a Fine Lady, Greenwich, CT: Fawcett, Part 3, p. 264:

Forms of gigful

pluralgigfuls

Origin of gigful

From gig + -ful.

Questions about gigful

What does gigful mean?
Gigful means the number or quantity that can be held by a gig (rowboat or two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage).
How do you use gigful in a sentence?
Then he ran down the steps, in a splendid pair of pants, towards the gigful of girls, who had been brought from Sydney for him to choose from.
What part of speech is gigful?
Gigful is a noun.
What is the plural of gigful?
The plural of gigful is gigfuls.

Words near gigful in the dictionary

  1. Giger
  2. Gigeresque
  3. gigeria
  4. gigerium
  5. Gigers
  6. gigful
  7. gigfuls
  8. Gigg
  9. gigged
  10. gigger
  11. giggers

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