To join giblets, verb. phr. (venery).—To copulate. Also to have or do a bit of giblet-pie. For synonyms, see Ride. Hence to cohabit as husband and wife; to live tally. Cf., plaster of warm guts. 1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v. 1887. Notes and Queries, 7 S., iv., 511. ‘To join giblets.’—This expression may occasionally be heard in this district, among the lowest and vulgarest, and has a very offensive meaning. To fret one’s giblets, verb. phr.—See Fret. Gibraltar, subs. (American).—A party stronghold: e.g., the Gibraltar of Democracy.—Norton. Gibson (or Sir John Gibson), subs. (old coachbuilders’).—A rest to support the body of a building coach. Gibus, subs. (colloquial).—1. An opera, or crush hat. Fr., un accordéon. [From the name of the inventor.] 1867. Jas. Greenwood, Unsent. Journeys, iii., 21. West-End aristocrats, with spotless jean coats and Gibus hats. 1871. Figaro, 2 Sept. Much fun may be made by wearing a Gibus, and collapsing it at the moment of contact with the funnel. 1885. Punch, 4 Apr., p. 160. Giving his comic, shiny, curly-brimmed hat to the swell who couldn’t by any possible chance have mistaken it for his own Gibus. 1887. Atkin, House Scraps, p. 144. Their Gibus hats are cock’d awry. Giddy, adj. (colloquial).—Flighty; wanton: e.g., to play the giddy goat = to live a fast life; to be happy-go-lucky. 1892. Ally Sloper, 19 Mar., p. 91, c. 2. Fanny Robinson was flighty; she played the giddy ox—I mean heifer. Giffle-gaffle, subs. (old).—Nonsense; a variant of gibble-gabble (q.v.). 1787. Grose, Prov. Glossary. Giff-gaff, unpremeditated discourse. Gif-gaf (or Giff-gaff), subs. (Scots’).—A bargain on equal terms. Whence the proverb: Gif-gaf maks guid friens. Fr.: Passe-moi la casse et je t’enverrai la senne. Gift, subs. (colloquial).—1. Anything, lightly gained or easily won. 2. (common).—A white speck on the finger nails, supposed to portend a gift. 1811. Lexicon Balatronicum, s.v. 3. (printers’).—See Gift-house. As full of gifts as a brazen horse of farts, phr. (old).—Mean; miserly; disinclined to part (q.v.). 1811 Lexicon Balatronicum, s.v. Gift of the Gab.—See Gab. Gift-house (or Gift), subs. (printers’).—A club; a house of call; specifically for the purpose of finding employment, or providing allowances for members. Gig (Gigg, Gigge), subs. (old).—1. a wanton; a mistress; a flighty girl. Cf., Giglet. 1373. Chaucer, House of Fame, iii. 851. This house was also ful of gygges. 1690. B. E., Dict. of the Cant. Crew. A young gig, a wanton lass. 1780. D’Arbley, Diary, etc., (1876), i., 286. Charlotte L—— called, and the little gig told ... of the domestic life she led in her family, and made them all ridiculous, without meaning to make herself so. 1825. Planché, Success in Extravaganzas (1879) I., 26. He! he! What a gig you look in that hat and feather!