1887. Notes and Queries, 7 S., iv., 511. ‘To join giblets.’—This expression may occasionally be heard in this district, among the lowest and vulgarest, and has a very offensive meaning.
To fret one’s giblets, verb. phr.—See Fret.
Gibraltar, subs. (American).—A party stronghold: e.g., the Gibraltar of Democracy.—Norton.
Gibson (or Sir John Gibson), subs. (old coachbuilders’).—A rest to support the body of a building coach.
Gibus, subs. (colloquial).—1. An opera, or crush hat. Fr., un accordéon. [From the name of the inventor.]
1867. Jas. Greenwood, Unsent. Journeys, iii., 21. West-End aristocrats, with spotless jean coats and Gibus hats.
1871. Figaro, 2 Sept. Much fun may be made by wearing a Gibus, and collapsing it at the moment of contact with the funnel.
1885. Punch, 4 Apr., p. 160. Giving his comic, shiny, curly-brimmed hat to the swell who couldn’t by any possible chance have mistaken it for his own Gibus.
1887. Atkin, House Scraps, p. 144. Their Gibus hats are cock’d awry. [[140]]
Giddy, adj. (colloquial).—Flighty; wanton: e.g., to play the giddy goat = to live a fast life; to be happy-go-lucky.