gig-lamps

British  

plural noun

1. an old-fashioned slang term for spectacles

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Example Sentences

Notice that well-to-do stockbroker crawling about on his stomach in the underbrush, with his spectacles shining like gig-lamps.

From Literary Lapses by Leacock, Stephen

"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

"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 From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Kipling, Rudyard

The big, fat Providence in gig-lamps is sitting by the patient.

From A Top-Floor Idyl by Van Schaick, George