English

Numeral

giggot

1. (West Cumbrian, Borrowdale, dialect) twenty in Cumbrian sheep counting

See also

• (Borrowdale sheep counting) yan, tyan, tethera, methera, pimp, sethera, lethera, hovera, dovera, dick, yan-a-dick, tyan-a-dick, tethera-a-dick, methera-a-dick, bumfit, yan-a-bumfit, tyan-a-bumfit, tethera-a-bumfit, methera-bumfit, giggot

References

• Wright, Peter (1995) Cumbrian Chat, Dalesman Publishing Company, ISBN 185-568-092-0, page 7
• Deakin, Michael A.B. (2007), Leigh-Lancaster, David, editor, The Name of the Number, Australian Council for Educational Research, ISBN 0864317573, page 75
• Varvogli, Aliki (2002) Annie Proulx's The Shipping News: A Reader's Guide, Continuum International Publishing Group, ISBN 0826452337, pages 24-25

Noun

giggot ‎(plural giggots)

1. Obsolete form of gigot.

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