gigot

[ jig-uht, zhee-goh ]

noun
  1. a leg-of-mutton sleeve.

  2. a leg of lamb or mutton.

Origin of gigot

1
1520–30; <Middle French, apparently diminutive of gigue fiddle (<Germanic; compare Old High German gîga kind of fiddle (German Geige), gig3), so called in allusion to its shape

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How to use gigot in a sentence

  • I guess this is probably so, although Paul gigot and company are perfectly capable of throwing down in this fashion themselves.

    That Journal Editorial | Michael Tomasky | July 5, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • Mr gigot hosted a solid year of editorials and TV panel discussions of Obama that left little doubt his opinion was not cheerful.

    Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? | John Batchelor | January 13, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • The worst fault seems to be monotony, always chicken, gigot, or veal.

    Normandy | G. E. Mitton
  • Well, it is simply a leg of mutton, and comes from the French word "gigot."

    Our Little Scotch Cousin | Blanche McManus
  • Marie gigot saw him coming, and dived back into her kitchen.

    Angelot | Eleanor Price
  • "The good God has protected us," said gigot, coming forward to his master.

    Angelot | Eleanor Price
  • Give the man something to eat and send him back, gigot, to meet his master.

    Angelot | Eleanor Price

British Dictionary definitions for gigot

gigot

/ (ˈʒiːɡəʊ, ˈdʒɪɡət) /


noun
  1. a leg of lamb or mutton

  2. a leg-of-mutton sleeve

Origin of gigot

1
C16: from Old French: leg, a small fiddle, from gigue a fiddle, of Germanic origin

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