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gigget

gigget is the obsolete spelling of gigot.

Meaning of gigot

Noun

gigot (plural gigots)

  1. A leg of lamb or mutton.
    • Then is the hoſtie ſlaine and flayde, and part on gridorne put, / The liuer and lights they comely ſéeth and euery little gut. / The gigots and the other fleſh in péeces they did ſpit, / Which roſt, tipling the pleaſaunt wine they downe to table ſit.1581, Homer, “The Seconde Booke”, in A[rthur] H[all], transl., Ten Books of Homers Iliades, Translated out of French, London: Imprinted by [Henry Bynneman? for] Ralphe Nevvberie, →OCLC, page 31

Forms of gigget

pluralgiggets

Questions about gigget

What is gigget the obsolete spelling of?
Gigget is the obsolete spelling of gigot.

Words near gigget in the dictionary

  1. gigfuls
  2. Gigg
  3. gigged
  4. gigger
  5. giggers
  6. gigget
  7. giggets
  8. gigging
  9. giggish
  10. giggit
  11. giggited

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