gig-lamps


pl n
  1. an old-fashioned slang term for spectacles

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How to use gig-lamps in a sentence

  • The wives took after their husbands, who could drive without gig-lamps in the darkest night.

  • Every second wagon blinded them with its two glaring gig-lamps, and slapped up the mud on to their cheeks.

    Letters from France | C. E. W. Bean
  • De old bloke pulled out er pair uv gig-lamps an' put 'em on, an' den he give me er grate sizin' up.

    Bowery Life | Chuck Connors
  • In another twenty minutes the lights of his gig lamps were raking the night.

    Simon | J. Storer Clouston
  • I shall call him the Owl; he's just like one with those round gig-lamps.

    Esther's Charge | Evelyn Everett-Green