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Gigman

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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Carlyle's name for a man who prides himself on, and pays all respect to, respectability; derived from a definition once given in a court of justice by a witness who, having described a person as respectable, was asked by the judge in the case what he meant by the word; "one that keeps a gig," was the answer.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Gigman'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​g/gigman.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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