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gee-gee

British  
/ ˈdʒiːˌdʒiː /

noun

  1. slang a horse

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of gee-gee

C19: reduplication of gee 1


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"I thought he always had to go into the country to look at a gee-gee on these occasions."

From The Woman with the Fan by Robert Smythe Hichens

Moreover, on my high gee-gee I learned what galloping could be.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, January 22, 1919 by Various

Mine was a gentle old gee-gee and yet I felt good when we were all on the ground again.

From Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis by Charles Belmont Davis

I'd be only too glad to accommodate you, my dear, if you'd provide the gee-gee.

From The Leader of the Lower School A Tale of School Life by John Campbell

“By Jove, Ducrot,” said someone, “your pretty friend’s car jumped off like a gee-gee under the starting gate.”

From Cynthia's Chauffeur by Louis Tracy

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