gig-lamps
pl n
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.
Thirty Years in Australia | Ada CambridgeEvery 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. BeanDe 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 ConnorsIn another twenty minutes the lights of his gig lamps were raking the night.
Simon | J. Storer CloustonI shall call him the Owl; he's just like one with those round gig-lamps.
Esther's Charge | Evelyn Everett-Green
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