giglet
Americannoun
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a giddy, playful girl.
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Archaic. a lascivious woman.
Etymology
Origin of giglet
First recorded in 1300–50, giglet is from the Middle English word gig(e)lot. See gig 3, -let
Example Sentences
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Where ance the coggie hirpled fair, And blithesome poortith toomed the loof, There's nae a burnie giglet rare But blaws in ilka jinking coof.
From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various
See, the Ravenna giglet, Mistress Ritta, And melancholy as a cow.—How's this?
From Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Francesca da Rimini by Moses, Montrose Jonas
She wept a bit, and then she began to laugh and, in fact, went on about it like a giglet wench of twenty-five.
From The Torch and Other Tales by Phillpotts, Eden
Where ance the coggie hirpled fair, And blithesome poortith toomed the loof There's nae a burnie giglet rare But blaws in ilka jinking coof.
From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe by Parton, James
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