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English
Etymology
From Brythonic numerals, from an assummed *gwigent, from Proto-Brythonic *ʉgėnt, from Proto-Celtic *wikantī.
Pronunciation
Numeral
giggot
- (Cumbria) twenty in Cumbrian sheep counting
See also
- (Borrowdale sheep counting) yan, tyan, tethera, methera, pimp, sethera, lethera, hovera, dovera, dick, yan-a-dick, tyan-a-dick, tethera-a-dick, methera-a-dick, bumfit, yan-a-bumfit, tyan-a-bumfit, tethera-a-bumfit, methera-bumfit, giggot
References
- Wright, Peter (1995) Cumbrian Chat, Dalesman Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 7
- Deakin, Michael A.B. (2007) Leigh-Lancaster, David, editor, The Name of the Number, Australian Council for Educational Research, →ISBN, retrieved 2008-05-17, page 75
- Varvogli, Aliki (2002) Annie Proulx's The Shipping News: A Reader's Guide, Continuum International Publishing Group, →ISBN, retrieved 2008-05-17, pages 24-25
Noun
giggot (plural giggots)
- Obsolete spelling of gigot.
1821, [Elizabeth] Benger, Memoirs of the Life of Anne Boleyn, Queen of Henry VIII. [...] In Two Volumes, 2nd edition, volume I, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, , →OCLC, footnote, page 220:Among the dainties which he [Henry VIII of England] relished, were giggots of mutton or venison, stopped with cloves; […]