Lexicographical Neighbors of Gigman
Literary usage of Gigman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Making of Carlyle: An Experiment in Biographical Explication by Robert S. Craig (1908)
"He always used the term "gigman" for the smooth, canting humbug who was reckoned "
respectable ... gigman " was the world's type of respectability. ..."
2. Variations by James Huneker (1921)
"In Carlyle's times a person was considered respectable if he owned a gig; he was
called a gigman. To-day it is the motor-car that is the symbol of financial ..."
3. Thomas Carlyle: A History of the First Forty Years of His Life, 1795-1835 by James Anthony Froude (1882)
"Was there ever a more merry-andrew-looking thing (if we consider it) than for a
wretched creature named man, or gigman, alighting for one instant on this ..."
4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"[< gigman^ + -ess.'] A woman imbued with the ideas of ... [< gigman^ -f -ic.]
Commonplace ; imbued with the principles of ..."
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