gibus
Americannoun
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gibuses
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
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Etymology
Origin of gibus
First recorded in 1840–50; named after Gibus, 19th-century Frenchman, its inventor
Example Sentences
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Removing my gibus, and laying down my programmes and opera-glasses, I again sign myself One Who Has Gone to Pieces.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93., October 1, 1887 by Various
His gibus was thrust back and exposed a disorder of hair that suggested a reckless desperation.
From Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Upon my word, she almost blew my gibus away from under my arm sometimes.
From Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885 by Various
A man's hat, one of the sort called a gibus, which he knew was only worn with evening clothes, was hanging on one of the pegs in the passage.
From The Sailor by J. C. Snaith
A large cherry-coloured gibus, on its wrong side——" "At the present moment," said I, wrestling with the Sealyham's advances, "we're more concerned with your future than with your past.
From Jonah and Co. by Dornford Yates
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