Gigful
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The number or quantity that can be held by a gig (rowboat or two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage).
"Before the two large quarter-boats could be got ready for the ladies and the rest of us, in fact, we heard the gigful of writers and cadets beginning to pop away at everything they saw alive, out of sight of the ship […]"
- 2 The number of songs that can be performed during a gig (performing engagement by a musician or musical group).
"They had eight Guthrie songs now, and some more to make up the gigful."
Example
More examples"Before the two large quarter-boats could be got ready for the ladies and the rest of us, in fact, we heard the gigful of writers and cadets beginning to pop away at everything they saw alive, out of sight of the ship […]"
Etymology
From gig + -ful.
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