gigot
Americannoun
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a leg-of-mutton sleeve.
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a leg of lamb or mutton.
noun
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a leg of lamb or mutton
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a leg-of-mutton sleeve
Etymology
Origin of gigot
1520–30; < Middle French, apparently diminutive of gigue fiddle (< Germanic; compare Old High German gîga kind of fiddle ( German Geige ), gig 3 ), so called in allusion to its shape
Example Sentences
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BOW, Skagit County — The French word gigot translates to a leg of lamb, a revelation that amused a live Bellingham radio audience at a February event featuring Washington poet and sheep farmer Jessica Gigot.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 16, 2023
In France, gigot d’agneau — leg of lamb — is, well, de rigueur for a proper Easter meal.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 11, 2022
I entered into a world of finding common ground and of sharing: the street’s history, the personal stories, advice about how to cook the perfect gigot d’agneau or how to rid an apartment of mice.
From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2015
Leg of mutton is still known by its French name, gigot, though it is pronounced "jiggott."
From Time Magazine Archive
On the side of the column which was lighted by the sun, stood Charlotte, in the womanly dress of that day of gigot sleeves and large collars.
From Life of Charlotte Brontë — Volume 1 by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn
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