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Gingham

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So called from Guingamp, a town in Brittany, where it was originally manufactured (Littré). A common playful equivalent of umbrella.

 

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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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Gilt-edge Investments
Giltspur Street (West Smithfield)
Gimlet Eye (g hard)
Gimmer (g soft)
Gin Sling
Ginevra (g soft)
Gingerbread
Gingerbread (g soft)
Gingerbread Husbands
Gingerly
Gingham
Ginnunga Gap
Giona (g soft)
Giotto
Giovanni (Don)
Gipsy (g soft)
Gipsy (The)
Giralda (g soft)
Gird
Gird up the Loins (To)
Girder (A)