Gig

(noun.) a booking for musicians; 'they played a gig in New Jersey'.

(noun.) small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and no hood.

(noun.) tender that is a light ship's boat; often for personal use of captain.

(noun.) long and light rowing boat; especially for racing.

(noun.) a cluster of hooks (without barbs) that is drawn through a school of fish to hook their bodies; used when fish are not biting.

整理:朱莉安娜

• She was engaged to breakfast that morning with the Duchess of Beltshire, and at twelve o'clock she asked to be set ashore in the gig. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Tell him, when he theeth that gig clothe by, to jump down, and it'll take him off at a rattling pathe. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• That is Mrs. Waule's gig--the last yellow gig left, I should think. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Put up the gig afterwards. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Mr. Vholes rose, gloved and buttoned up as usual, and seated himself again, just as he had seated himself beside Richard in the gig. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Mr. Yorke, after having alighted from his gig, which he left in charge of a man who issued from an outbuilding on his arrival, led the way in. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• My employer drove home through it in his gig, and reached the house wetted to the skin. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.

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