gig-lamps

plural noun

1. an old-fashioned slang term for spectacles

Example Sentences

The wives took after their husbands, who could drive without gig-lamps in the darkest night.

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Every second wagon blinded them with its two glaring gig-lamps, and slapped up the mud on to their cheeks.

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De old bloke pulled out er pair uv gig-lamps an' put 'em on, an' den he give me er grate sizin' up.

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In another twenty minutes the lights of his gig lamps were raking the night.

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I shall call him the Owl; he's just like one with those round gig-lamps.

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