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jigot

jigot is the archaic form 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 jigot

pluraljigots

Questions about jigot

What is jigot the archaic form of?
Jigot is the archaic form of gigot.

Words near jigot in the dictionary

  1. jigmen
  2. Jigna
  3. Jignas
  4. jigo
  5. jigos
  6. jigot
  7. jigots
  8. jigpin
  9. jigpins
  10. jigs
  11. jigs up

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