gig-lamps
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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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 C. E. W. (Charles Edwin Woodrow) Bean
Everybody followed her into the road, and all stood round the gig with flashes from the gig-lamps on their faces, while Pete swung her up into the seat, lifting her bodily in his great arms.
From The Manxman A Novel - 1895 by Sir Hall Caine
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 D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
Never can tell with gig-lamps ... better not risk it.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, January 25th, 1890 by Various
Jack's a straw-thatched young joker in gig-lamps, good-natured, and nuts on the sport.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93. July 30, 1887 by
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