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gigots

gigots is the plural 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 gigots

alternative formgiggets
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Questions about gigots

What is gigots the plural of?
Gigots is the plural of gigot.

Words near gigots in the dictionary

  1. gigolos
  2. Gigondas
  3. gigot
  4. gigot sleeve
  5. gigot sleeves
  6. gigots
  7. gigs
  8. gigster
  9. gigsters
  10. gigue
  11. Giguere

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