giglet

American  

[gig-lit] / ˈgɪg lɪt /

Or giglot

noun

1. a giddy, playful girl.

2. Archaic. a lascivious woman.

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Etymology

Origin of giglet

First recorded in 1300–50, giglet is from the Middle English word gig(e)lot. See gig ³, -let

Example Sentences

Where ance the coggie hirpled fair, And blithesome poortith toomed the loof, There's nae a burnie giglet rare But blaws in ilka jinking coof.

From Project Gutenberg

O mickle yeuks the keckle doup, An' a' unsicker girns the graith, For wae and wae! the crowdies loup O'er jouk an' hallan, braw an' baith Where ance the coggie hirpled fair, And blithesome poortith toomed the loof, There's nae a burnie giglet rare But blaws in ilka jinking coof.

From Project Gutenberg

In that crowd, as I am credibly informed, were gathered—but none could distinguish them—gentle and simple, maiden ladies with their servants or housekeepers, side by side with longshoremen, hovellers, giglet maids, and urchins; all alike magnetised and drawn thither by the Man and the Hour.

From Project Gutenberg

Then, ’twas a cushy-doo’s That’s brooding on her nest, while the red giglet’s Was a gowk’s at the end of June.

From Project Gutenberg

She wept a bit, and then she began to laugh and, in fact, went on about it like a giglet wench of twenty-five.

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