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Search phrase: gig

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CymbelineCym III.i.32O giglot fortune! – to master Caesar's sword,(Oh giglet Fortune) to master Casars Sword,
Henry VI Part 11H6 IV.vii.41To be the pillage of a giglot wench.’To be the pillage of a Giglot Wench:
King Edward IIIE3 I.ii.12And, in their vile uncivil skipping jigs,And in their vild vnseuill skipping giggs,
Love's Labour's LostLLL IV.iii.165To see great Hercules whipping a gig,To see great Hercules whipping a Gigge,
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.i.63gig.Gigge.
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.i.65about your infamy manu cita. A gig of a cuckold's horn!about your Infamie vnum cita a gigge of a Cuckolds horne.
Measure for MeasureMM V.i.344speak no more. Away with those giglots too, and withspeak no more: away with those Giglets too, and with
Romeo and JulietRJ I.ii.57God gi' good-e'en. I pray, sir, can you read?Godgigoden, I pray sir can you read?
Twelfth NightTN V.i.374the whirligig of time brings in his revenges.the whirlegigge of time, brings in his reuenges.

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gigspinning-top
gigmove jerkily [as in a jig]
giglotharlot, strumpet, wanton
giglotwhore-like, fickle, giddy
whirligigspinning-top, roundabout

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
GIGBASICgig n, whirligig n
GIGLOTBASICgiglot adj, giglot n
WHIRLOBJECTwhirligig n

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