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Gigot

Gigot \Gig"ot\, Giggot \Gig"got\, n. [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.

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gigot

n. A leg of lamb or mutton when used for cooking

WordNet
gigot

n. lamb leg suitable for roasting [syn: leg of lamb]

Wikipedia
Gigot (film)

Gigot is an American motion picture; it was released in 1962 by 20th Century Fox. The film stars Jackie Gleason (in a non-speaking role) and was directed by Gene Kelly.

Gigot

Gigot is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Edward Gigot (1847–1928), German-born Canadian merchant and politician
  • Francis Gigot (1859–1920), French Roman Catholic priest
  • François Gigot de la Peyronie (1678–1747), French surgeon
  • Maurice-Joseph-Louis Gigot d'Elbée (1752–1794), French Royalist military leader
  • Paul Gigot, American political commentator and editor
  • Tony Gigot (born 1990), French rugby league player

Usage examples of "gigot".

I will answer for it, the last gigot, the last tight and scanty petticoat in wear in England, was seen in Cranford - and seen without a smile.

Paris un saumon de sa pecherie, un gigot de ses agneaux de lait, des artichauts de son potager, des fleurs de ses serres.

It was a dinner party I attended-along with such diverse and interesting Republican movers and shakers as George Will, Paul Gigot, Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Trent Lott, Dick Cheney, Bill Kristol, Christine Whitman, and others-at the Huffington Mansion in Washington.

Then, not seeming to raise a sweat, he dodged each attack by Gigot, hit him several times without being even touched in return, and finally, the supreme glory, he gave Gigot a black eye.

I would strike him over the head with a large ham or gigot or something of that kind, and then when the police come, I would serve it to them to destroy the evidence.

That any gigot of mutton, exquisite though much of the five-year-old blackfaced must assuredly be, can, with any rational hopes of success, contend against a haunch of venison, will be asserted by no devout lover of truth.

Saint-Jacques au saumon, followed by the meat course, tendrons de gigot.

A `jigget' of mutton is of course a gigot, and we have identified an `ashet' as an assiette.

Helen had taken great trouble to cook a superb dinner: crab pancakes in cheese sauce, gigot of lamb, and the most perfect quince sorbet.