gibus
Americannoun
plural
gibusesnoun
Etymology
Origin of gibus
First recorded in 1840–50; named after Gibus, 19th-century Frenchman, its inventor
Example Sentences
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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 Snaith, J. C.
He left behind him a melting fragment of ice upon the floor, his gibus hat, warm and compressed in his chair, and in addition every social ambition he had ever entertained in the world.
From Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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
“What the—” “Devil” his lordship was going to say, for something struck him on the top of his gibus hat.
From Lady Maude's Mania by Fenn, George Manville
He never paid a cent of that, And took away my new top-hat, Leaving behind A hideous kind Of gibus, old and green.
From The Motley Muse (Rhymes for the Times) by Graham, Harry
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