[alsog-] a dry martini cocktail served with a tiny pickled onion
Origin of Gibson
after H. Gibson (1883-1954), United States diplomatGibson
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Gibson
noun
A dry martini garnished with a small pickled onion.
Origin of Gibson
From the name GibsonTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Proper noun
- An English and Scottish patronymic surname.
- A manufacturer of acoustic and electric guitars.
Noun
(plural Gibsons)
Origin
From Gibb + -son.
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Sentence Examples
- Cases upon the execution of these statutes are collected in Stillingfleet, On Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, p. 189; Gibson, Codex, 83.
- Gibson, Codex juris ecclesiastici (Oxford, 1761); D.
- Charters were granted to schools in Claiborne, Wilkinson and Amite counties in 1809-1815, and to Port Gibson Academy and Mississippi College, at Clinton, in 1826.
- During the Civil War battles were fought at Corinth (1862), Port Gibson (1863), Jackson (1863) and Vicksburg (1863).
- There was a strong demand for the removal of these Creek Indians, known as Seminoles, and by treaties at Payne's Landing in 1832 and Fort Gibson in 1833 the Indian chiefs agreed to exchange their Florida lands for equal territory in the western part of the United States.
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