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Gibson
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English
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Etymology
From en Gibb son.
Pronunciation
en /ˈɡɪbsən/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Gibson.wav Southern England
en ɪbsən 2
Proper noun
~ s
en English and Scottish patronymics.
en male surnames.
en number of places c/USA:
en CDP co/Pulaski County s/Arkansas.
en small city/county seat co/Glascock County s/Georgia.
en twp co/Washington County s/Indiana.
en minor city co/Keokuk County s/Iowa.
en ucomm co/Terrebonne Parish s/Louisiana.
en twp co/Bay County s/Michigan.
en ucomm co/Monroe County s/Mississippi.
en ucomm co/Dunklin County s/Missouri.
en ucomm co/Pemiscot County s/Missouri.
en hamlet town:pref/Corning co/Steuben County s/New York.
en town co/Scotland County s/North Carolina.
en twp co/Mercer County s/Ohio.
en ucomm co/Wagoner County s/Oklahoma.
en twp co/Cameron County s/Pennsylvania.
en twp/and/ucomm therein, in co/Susquehanna County s/Pennsylvania.
en town co/Gibson County s/Tennessee.
en town co/Manitowoc County s/Wisconsin.
en comm twp:suf/Tiny co/Simcoe County p/Ontario c/Canada.
en small town shire:Pref/Esperance s/Western Australia.
Derived terms
en Gibby Gibsonburg Gibson ring Gibson City Gibson County Gibsonesque Gibsonia Gibsonian Port Gibson
Noun
A cocktail made with gin (or vodka) and vermouth, garnished with cocktail onions. from 20th c.
en oniontini
en 1962 w:Allen Drury A Shade of Difference "I doubt it, Tommy," the Majority Leader said, coming up behind him so unexpectedly that the little Justice jumped and almost spilled his Gibson.
en 1968 w:Ross Macdonald The Instant Enemy I found Willie in the airport bar drinking a Gibson.
An acoustic or electric guitar made by the Gibson company.
en 2000 Larry Sandberg The Acoustic Guitar Guide Many older Gibsons have become collector's items: But older Gibsons are also good player's guitars.
en 2008 Rick Rinehart; Amy Rinehart Dare to Survive: Death, Heartbreak, and Triumph in the Wild https://books.google.com/books?id=S4nQsXbv9fgC&pg=PR14&lpg=PR14&dq=%22We%27d+like+to+think+that+his+spirit+lives+on+under+the+western+sky+he+so+loved,+strumming+his+%27%27%27Gibson%27%27%27+somewhere+and+belting+out+a+Woody+Guthrie+ballad+to+an+audience+of+coyotes+and+rabbitbrush%22&source=bl&ots=9vCEGq32mP&sig=O60yzAzeahbkUDnwp3X9ODnvS6k&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjZjra4xYXYAhVW2GMKHTicAowQ6AEIKTAA#v=onepage&q=%22We'd%20like%20to%20think%20that%20his%20spirit%20lives%20on%20under%20the%20western%20sky%20he%20so%20loved%2C%20strumming%20his%20Gibson%20somewhere%20and%20belting%20out%20a%20Woody%20Guthrie%20ballad%20to%20an%20audience%20of%20coyotes%20and%20rabbitbrush%22&f=false xiv We'd like to think that his spirit lives on under the western sky he so loved, strumming his Gibson somewhere and belting out a Woody Guthrie ballad to an audience of coyotes and rabbitbrush.
References
Anagrams
en bginos Gobins bigons bingos boings obsign
en Cocktails
en eponyms