To join giblets, verb. phr. (venery).—To copulate. Also to have or do a
bit of giblet-pie. For synonyms, see Ride. Hence to cohabit as husband
and wife; to live tally. Cf., plaster of warm guts.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
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.
Giddy, adj. (colloquial).—Flighty; wanton: e.g., to play the giddy goat
= to live a fast life; to be happy-go-lucky.
1892. Ally Sloper, 19 Mar., p. 91, c. 2. Fanny Robinson was
flighty; she played the giddy ox—I mean heifer.
Giffle-gaffle, subs. (old).—Nonsense; a variant of gibble-gabble
(q.v.).
1787. Grose, Prov. Glossary. Giff-gaff, unpremeditated discourse.
Gif-gaf (or Giff-gaff), subs. (Scots’).—A bargain on equal terms.
Whence the proverb: Gif-gaf maks guid friens. Fr.: Passe-moi la casse
et je t’enverrai la senne.
Gift, subs. (colloquial).—1. Anything, lightly gained or easily won.
2. (common).—A white speck on the finger nails, supposed to portend a
gift.
1811. Lexicon Balatronicum, s.v.