Gibson definition

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A cocktail made with gin and vermouth, garnished with cocktail onions. [from 20th c.]
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A dry martini cocktail served with a tiny pickled onion.
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A dry martini garnished with a small pickled onion.
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Noun

Singular:
gibson
Plural:
gibsons

Origin of gibson

  • From the name Gibson

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Gibb +‎ -son.

    From Wiktionary

Gibson Sentence Examples

  • Cases upon the execution of these statutes are collected in Stillingfleet, On Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, p. 189; Gibson, Codex, 83.

  • 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.

  • This, however, is not all, for Mr Osgood points out that a skull discovered many years ago in the vicinity of Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, and then named Ovibos or Bootherium cavifrons, evidently belongs to the same genus.

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