gig-lamps

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an old-fashioned slang term for spectacles

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You may have read the word "simmer" in a recipe or two, but what does it really mean?

To cook in water that begins cold and then reaches a boil.

To stew in a sauce for a long time.

To cook in water, just below boiling temperature.

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Words nearby gig-lamps

Gigantopithecus, gigaton, gigawatt, gig economy, giggle, gig-lamps, giglet, Gigli, gig mill, GIGO, gigolo

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Example sentences from the Web for gig-lamps

It was thickly dark, save for the gig-lamps, and they lit on a rippling surface of water.
The Rainbow|D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
I say, you with the gig-lamps, toss a poor devil a bit o' 'bacco.
A Son of Hagar|Sir Hall Caine
Still, he had learned more at Oxford than was taught in books--he had learned to be a manly fellow in spite of his gig-lamps.
The Worlds Greatest Books|Arthur Mee, J. A. Hammerton, Eds.
Get that girl to give back your gig-lamps, and you will be able to see more clearly into the soul of the Far East.
From Sea to Sea|Rudyard Kipling

He watched the rain before the gig-lamps, the faint gleaming of the shadowy horse's body, the passing of the dark hedges.
The Rainbow|D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

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