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gigger

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From gig (“fish spear”) +‎ -er.

Noun

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gigger (plural giggers)

  1. One who fishes by gigging.

Etymology 2

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Noun

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gigger (plural giggers)

  1. A musician who performs gigs.
    • 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 236:
      Rick accepted and joined the Eccentrics, but left in 1965 to form his own group of giggers, the DeViles.

Etymology 3

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Noun

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gigger (plural giggers)

  1. Alternative spelling of jigger (“door”)
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