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单词 gig-lamp
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gig-lampn.

Etymology: < gig n.2 + lamp n.1Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈgig-lamp.
1. One of the lamps at either side of a gig.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > parts of > lamp
carriage lamp1788
gig-lamp1888
in extended use.
1888 J. A. Froude Eng. in W. Indies xv. 248 Fireflies..with two long antennæ, at the point of each of which hangs out a blazing lanthorn. The unimaginative colonists call them gig-lamps.
2. plural. Spectacles. slang.
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the world > health and disease > healing > ophthalmology or optometry > aids to defective vision > [noun] > spectacles
spectaclec1386
a pair of spectacles1423
ocularies?a1425
barnaclea1566
eye1568
sight-glasses1605
glass eye1608
prospective glass1616
sights1619
prospectivea1635
nose-compasses1654
glass1660
lunettes1681
peeper1699
eyeglass1760
specs1807
winker1816
gig-lamps1853
nose-riders1875
window1896
cheaters1920
1853 ‘C. Bede’ Adventures Mr. Verdant Green iii. 20 ‘Looks ferociously mild in his gig-lamps!’ remarked a third, alluding to Mr. Verdant Green's spectacles.
1887 Punch 30 July 45/1 Jack's a straw-thatched young joker in gig-lamps.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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