Upon my word, she almost blew my gibus away from under my arm sometimes. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885] Reference
Ask little Tom Prig, who is there in all his glory, knows everybody, has a story about every one; and, as he trips home to his lodgings in Jermyn Street, with his gibus-hat and his little glazed pumps, thinks he is the fashionablest young fellow in town, and that he really has passed a night of exquisite enjoyment. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Snobs] Reference
The craziness of the gibus hats beats description. From Wordnik.com. [The Cathedral] Reference
His gibus slipped from his hand and rolled over the floor. From Wordnik.com. [The Child of Pleasure] Reference
Sed longe antea idem lc - gibus bene multis cautum fuerat. From Wordnik.com. [Antiquitates Italicae Medii Aevi, sive, Dissertationes de moribus, ritibus, religione, regimine, magistratibus, legibus, studiis literarum, artibus, lingua, militia, nummis, principibus, libertate, servitute, foederibus, aliisque faciem & mores Italici populi referentibus post declinationem Rom. Imp. ad annum usque MD : omnia illustrantur et confirmantur ingenti copia diplomatum et chartarum veterum, nunc primùm ex archivis Italiae depromtarum, additis etiam nummis, chronicis, aliisque monumentis nunquam antea editis] Reference
1848 THACKERAY Bk. Snobs xviii, With his gibus-hat and his little glazed pumps. a1854 E. FORBES Lit. From Wordnik.com. [Hammer Ser | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles] Reference
Hifpidos agrcs vel fpicis ac fru - gibus maturis hlfpidos A hirfutot; vel poQus kyemis afpertate horridos ac deformes. From Wordnik.com. [Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera] Reference
ΙΝΟΕΧ HISTORICVS Euryclidas & Micyon, rhetores, confiliis iuis regunt Arhenicn - lcs, & i turpiter blandiunrtir rc - gibus. From Wordnik.com. [Historiarum quidquid superest;] Reference
Ask little Tom Prig, who is there in all his glory, knows everybody, has a story about every one; and, as he trips home to his lodgings in Jermyn Street, with his gibus-hat and his little glazed pumps, thinks he is the fashionablest young fellow in town, and that he really has passed a night of exquisite enjoyment. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Snobs] Reference
"midnight" had a more terrible sound than twelve o'clock ... and they were certain that Miss Dilldall's parents should be informed of the fact that on Saturday evening she went off in a taxi-cab with a man who was wearing dress-clothes and a gibus-hat. From Wordnik.com. [The Foolish Lovers] Reference
(1855) 214 No man in a gibus ever commanded public awe or private respect. From Wordnik.com. [Hammer Ser | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles] Reference
„ gibus aliorum HnngaronftmliuiC longe dis. From Wordnik.com. [Imago inclytae in Transsylvania nationis siculicae historico-politica, ex probatissimis ...] Reference
78 HANNO gibus I. tom. From Wordnik.com. [Theophili Christophori Harles Introdvctio in historiam lingvae graecae] Reference
Also gibus-hat. From Wordnik.com. [Hammer Ser | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles] Reference
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