Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as gigging-machine.

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  • noun A machine used to bring up a nap on certain types of cloth, or a building housing such machines.

Etymologies

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From gig +‎ mill.

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Examples

  • Another and better gig-mill would rise on the ruins of this, and perhaps a more enterprising owner come in my place.

    Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte 2004

  • But, as is usual in such cases, nobody took much notice. when a food-riot broke out in a manufacturing town, when a gig-mill was burnt to the ground, or a manufacturer's house was attacked, the furniture thrown into the streets, and the family forced to flee for their lives, some local measures were or were not taken by the local magistracy.

    Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte 2004

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