gig-lamps
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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He watched the rain before the gig-lamps, the faint gleaming of the shadowy horse's body, the passing of the dark hedges.
From The Rainbow by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)
"I say, you with the gig-lamps, toss a poor devil a bit o' 'bacco."
From A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time by Caine, Hall, Sir
The wives took after their husbands, who could drive without gig-lamps in the darkest night.
From Thirty Years in Australia by Cambridge, Ada
Never can tell with gig-lamps ... better not risk it.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, January 25th, 1890 by Various
Every second wagon blinded them with its two glaring gig-lamps, and slapped up the mud on to their cheeks.
From Letters from France by Bean, C. E. W. (Charles Edwin Woodrow)
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