Gibson vs Gilbert - What's the difference?
gibson | gilbert | Derived terms |
A cocktail made with gin and vermouth, garnished with cocktail onions.
*1962 , (Allen Drury), A Shade of Difference :
*:"I doubt it, Tommy," the Majority Leader said, coming up behind him so unexpectedly that the little Justice jumped and almost spilled his Gibson .
*1968 , (Ross Macdonald), The Instant Enemy :
*:I found Willie in the airport bar drinking a Gibson .
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* 1605 , Remains Concerning Britain , John Russell Smith, 1870, p.81:
Gibson is a derived term of gilbert.
gibson
English
Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* Gibsonesque * GibsonianAnagrams
* * *gilbert
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Proper noun
(en proper noun)- Gilbert - - - because it is written in Dooms-day book Gislebert, I judge it rather to signifie Bright or brave pledge - - - .So it is a well fitting name for children which are the only sweet pledges and pawns of love between man and wife.