GIGOT

Etymology

Noun

gigot (plural gigots)

(cooking) A leg of lamb or mutton.

(fashion) Short for gigot sleeve.

Synonym: leg-of-mutton sleeve

Anagrams

• git-go

Source: Wiktionary


Gig"ot, Gig"got (, n. Etym: [F., fr. OF. gigue fiddle; -- on account of the resemblance in shape. See Jig, n.]

1. A leg of mutton.

2. A small piece of flesh; a slice. [Obs.] The rest in giggots cut, they spit. Chapman.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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