Gig-lamp
noun, slang
noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Either of the lamps on either side of a gig carriage; a headlamp. archaic, historical
"But once on the more secure purchase of the macadamised main road, their driver turned off his gig-lamps and let the passengers swell slowly into drowsy sleep as he set sail for distant Avignon."
- 2 Spectacles. dated, in-plural, slang
Example
More examples"But once on the more secure purchase of the macadamised main road, their driver turned off his gig-lamps and let the passengers swell slowly into drowsy sleep as he set sail for distant Avignon."
Etymology
From gig + lamp.
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