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gig⋅ot

  [jig-uht, zhee-goh]
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–noun
1. a leg-of-mutton sleeve.
2. a leg of lamb or mutton.
Origin:
1520–30; < MF, appar. dim. of gigue fiddle (< Gmc; cf. OHG gîga kind of fiddle (G Geige), gig 1 ), so called in allusion to its shape
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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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