gibbyn.
/ˈɡɪbi/ Short for gibby-stick n. at Compounds.
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1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour ix. l. 286 Fine, straight hollies, fit either for gibbeys or whip-sticks.
Compounds
gibby-stick n. (a) a stick with a bent or hooked handle; (b) a kind of sweetmeat made in the form of a gibby-stick.
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1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 331 A gibby stick, a hooked stick.
1832 W. Stephenson Coll. Local Poems, Songs, &c. 103 Here's barley sugar sweet, Gibby sticks and kisses.
1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour ix. xlix. 275 All the gibbey sticks were bundled out.
1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Gibby-stick, a stick with the end bent for a handle.
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