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gig
noun- a musical performance or concert US, 1926 Originally musicians’ slang for an engagement at a single venue.
- We’ll put the band back together, do a few gigs, we get some bread. — The Blues Brothers, 1980
- We got that gig in L.A., we’ll just leave a little early. — Boys on the Side, 1995
- You’d look for punks who’d driven up to a gig in cars or, the best, punks whose Mom had dropped them off. — Susan Ruddick, Cool Places, p. 354, 1998
- a job US, 1908
- What’s your gig in all this? — Ten Things I Hate About You, 1999
- a party US, 1954
- Let’s get that sneaky pete [wine] and have us a gig. — Harrison E. Salisbury, The Shook-up Generation, p. 29, 1958
- — Malachi Andrews and Paul T. Owens, Black Language, p. 55, 1973
- a prison or jail sentence US
- I saved him a gig for a shirttail hanging out on an IG inspection. — Larry Heinemann, Close Quarters, p. 133, 1977
- He was at FPC doing a gig for fraud, I think credit cards. — Elmore Leonard, Out of Sight, p. 57, 1996
- a police informer AUSTRALIA, 1953
A clipping of FIZGIG - Okay Bobby, but keep your voice down, plenty of gigs are enjoying your discomfort. — Clive Galea, Slipper, p. 220, 1988
- a busybody AUSTRALIA, 1944
- It was always on the cards that he could end up with a bit of swish if he got sprung being a gig. — Ryan Aven-Bray, Ridgey Didge Oz Jack Lang, p. 10, 1983
- a person who stands out because they look foolish; a fool AUSTRALIA, 1943
In pre-C20 British Slang and dialect. - “Yeah, well you should know all about gigs, Davo,” smiled Kathy. “Being one yourself.” — Robert G. Barrett, Davo’s Little Something, p. 10, 1992
- the vagina US
- — Dale Gordon, The Dominion Sex Dictionary, p. 76, 1967
- a look; a peek AUSTRALIA, 1924
- Have a gig at this. — John O’Grady, Aussie English, p. 42, 1965
- a demerit or other indication of failure US
- — Carl Fleischhauer, A Glossary of Army Slang, p. 21, 1968
- “I’ll take the gig and the ass-chewing.” — Anthony Herbert, Soldier, p. 136, 1973
- in an illegal number gambling lottery, a bet that a specific three-digit number will be drawn US, 1846
- — American Speech, p. 191, October 1949
- In order to win the player has to pick a “gig”–three numbers between 1 and 78. — Alson Smith, Syndicate City, p. 197, 1954
- It’s the prospect of the big payoff that hooks them. A dime played on a gig that hits brings eight-six dollars. A buck on a lucky gig or bet pays eight hundred and sixty dollars. — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Mama Black Widow, p. 97, 1969
- in harness racing, a sulky US, 1997
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