The monkfish tail is a large piece of meat, lending to its nickname in Scotland as "gigot," as in a leg of lamb. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-08-01] Reference
After, the boyfriend had the gigot, which was excellent. From Wordnik.com. [Le J'Go] Reference
L'os du gigot : photobiographie /Angoulême, France : ego comme x, 2004. From Wordnik.com. [New Library Comics: Week of August 1, 2005] Reference
The cassoulet was perhaps a trifle salty tonight, and the gigot à la cuillère…. From Wordnik.com. [The Mistaken Wife] Reference
So tender and juicy, the gigot really outshone my sad dry roasted lamb in comparison. From Wordnik.com. [Le J'Go] Reference
I'd leave the gigot farci en croute for another time, and stick to dishes you can easily figure out. From Wordnik.com. [Chris Hall: Valentine's Cooking 101: How to Seal the Deal] Reference
"You might have brought us a gigot off your take," Sir Alasdair said to the leader of them, Dol Ruadh. From Wordnik.com. [John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn] Reference
The tartine de gigot d'agneu is prepared with a leg of lamb, herbed goat cheese, arugula, tapenade and rosemary jus. From Wordnik.com. [French Flavors in Tribeca] Reference
So they sat in complete silence at opposite ends of the table and consumed hare soup, boiled salmon, gigot of mutton followed by treacle tart. From Wordnik.com. [My Bones Will Keep]
One curious point is brought out here in the phrase “boiled jiggets of mutton,” which shews that the French gigot for a leg of mutton was formerly in use here. From Wordnik.com. [Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine] Reference
Of course, the ladies will prefer stiff stays, gigot sleeves, and spacious bustle, to the loose jacket, short petticoat, and coloured stockings of their grandmothers. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833] Reference
A leg of mutton was always, with old-fashioned Scotch people, a gigot (Fr. gigot). From Wordnik.com. [Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character]
I always feel that to live up to them would include wearing book-muslin with gigot sleeves. From Wordnik.com. [House of Mirth] Reference
So the gigot is no good, is tough and dry, and you shut it up in an old house in the country. From Wordnik.com. [The Claverings] Reference
On the side of the column which was lighted by the sun, stood Charlotte, in the womanly dress of that day of gigot sleeves and large collars. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Charlotte Brontë — Volume 1] Reference
Deeper in flavour than a rack, with none of the prissiness nobody would fuss round a gigot trying to make it a hat out of a paper doily and all of the class. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
I had the lamb gigot steak £15.50, which is a bone-in cut from the dead centre of the thigh, large but stylish, a little bit different and, crucially, incredibly delicious. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
"Comment, madame," he replied to Mrs. Burton, "un -- gigot!. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Sir Richard Burton] Reference
"Comment, madame," he replied to Mrs. Burton, "un ” gigot! ” cuit a l'eau, jamais!. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Sir Richard Burton]
Tower was furious — the night’s entrée, gigot d’agneau, leg of lamb, was almost sold out, and he didn’t have enough for everyone. From Wordnik.com. [Cooking Up a Storm] Reference
Her gigot is pretty good as well. From Wordnik.com. [lemon risotto | smitten kitchen] Reference
Her sweet mouth was "watering," and when she came to un gigot de mouton, she cried, "What a sweet aunt she is!. From Wordnik.com. [Annette, the Metis Spy] Reference
"-- plaited gigot sleeves with a drawn velvet ribbon over an inside cuff. From Wordnik.com. [The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million] Reference
A gigot of Leicester. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843] Reference
gigot d’agneau. From Wordnik.com. [Firedoglake » Dear WSJ…] Reference
'Allez vous en, mon ami, au gigot.'". From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
“un — gigot! — cuit a l’eau, jamais!. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Sir Richard Burton] Reference
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