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Definition of Giddap
1. used as a command to a horse to go faster [interj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Giddap
Literary usage of Giddap
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fifty Years in Oregon: Experiences, Observations, and Commentaries Upon Men by Theodore Thurston Geer (1912)
""giddap!" replied the man. "Oh, yes; we heard all about that. ... "giddap, Bill!"
shouted the driver, as he gave the unambitious horse an undercut. ..."
2. A Book of One-act Plays by Barbara Louise Schafer (1922)
"JOE: Oh, well, ole folks is queer. King, Ab! Crown him! (Hallie comes galloping
in—Eddie driving her by her apron strings.) EDDIE (Hits her): giddap, ..."
3. Numbers: And Other One Act Plays by Grover Theis (1919)
"giddap! Come ride with me to poetry And be.yourself just once again And hang your
... giddap! Come, ho, jump on this hobby-horse And ride with me my fancy's ..."
4. The Tents of Trouble by Damon Runyon (1911)
"giddap! " (BALLAD OF THE TEST RIDE) I'M walkin' me post at the guard house, an'
thinkin' o' nothin' at all, When I sees me ..."
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