gigot
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gig·ot
(jĭg′ət, zhē-gō′)n.
1. A leg of mutton, lamb, or veal for cooking.
2. A leg-of-mutton sleeve.
[French, from Old French, diminutive of gigue, fiddle, from Middle High German gīge, from Old High German gīga.]
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gigot
(ˈʒiːɡəʊ; ˈdʒɪɡət)n
1. (Cookery) a leg of lamb or mutton
2. (Clothing & Fashion) a leg-of-mutton sleeve
[C16: from Old French: leg, a small fiddle, from gigue a fiddle, of Germanic origin]
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gig•ot
(ˈdʒɪg ət, ʒiˈgoʊ)n.
1. a leg-of-mutton sleeve.
2. a leg of lamb or mutton.
[1520–30; < Middle French, appar. diminutive of gigue fiddle (< Germanic; compare Old High German gīga kind of fiddle); so called in allusion to its shape]
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Noun 1. [画像:gigot - lamb leg suitable for roasting]gigot - lamb leg suitable for roasting
leg - the limb of an animal used for food
lamb roast, roast lamb - a cut of lamb suitable for roasting
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[ˈʒiːgəʊ, ˈdʒɪgət] N (Culin) → gigot mCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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