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gig house en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of gighouse.
    alt of gighouse
    • Despite the mist created by the rain, she could easily make out the two fishermen winching their boat up on to the beach, and an old woman in a headscarf, scurrying past the pub with her dog, then popping something into the letterbox that was set into the wall of the gig house. 2012, Susan Lewis, Wicked Beauty, page 630:
    • If no additional space was available, the gig house was also used to store harness for the gig and for riding horses. 2003, Geoffrey Stell, John Shaw, Susan Storrier, Scottish Life and Society: Scotland's buildings, page 432:

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gig houses Number=Plur lexicographic