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Meaning of gig-lamp | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Either of the lamps on either side of a gig carriage; a headlamp.
    archaic, historical
  2. Spectacles.
    dated, in-plural, slang

Examples

“But once on the more secure purchase of the macadamised main road, their driver turned off his gig-lamps and let the passengers swell slowly into drowsy sleep as he set sail for distant Avignon.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

gig-mill giga-amp giga-annum giga-joule giga-ohm giga-volt

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