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Gig-lamps

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Spectacles. Gig-lamps are the “spectacles” of a gig. (See Verdant Green.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Gib Cat
Gibberish (g hard)
Gibbet (g soft)
Gibelins
Gibeonite
Giblets (The Duke of)
Gibraltar (g soft)
Gif Gaff
Gift-horse
Gig (g hard)
Gig-lamps
Gig-manity
Giggle (g hard)
Gil Blas (g soft)
Gilbertines
Gild the Pill (To)
Gilded Chamber (The)
Gilderoy
Gilderoy’s Kite
Gildippe (in Jerusalem Delivered)
Giles