Gibson

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Etymology

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From Gibb +‎ -son.

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Gibson (countable and uncountable, plural Gibsons)

  1. An English and Scottish surname originating as a patronymic.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A number of places in the United States:
    1. A census-designated place in Pulaski County, Arkansas.
    2. A small city, the county seat of Glascock County, Georgia.
    3. A township in Washington County, Indiana.
    4. A minor city in Keokuk County, Iowa.
    5. An unincorporated community in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana.
    6. A township in Bay County, Michigan.
    7. An unincorporated community in Monroe County, Mississippi.
    8. An unincorporated community in Dunklin County, Missouri.
    9. An unincorporated community in Pemiscot County, Missouri.
    10. A hamlet in the town of Corning, Steuben County, New York.
    11. A town in Scotland County, North Carolina.
    12. A township in Mercer County, Ohio.
    13. An unincorporated community in Wagoner County, Oklahoma.
    14. A township in Cameron County, Pennsylvania.
    15. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.
    16. A town in Gibson County, Tennessee.
    17. A town in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
  4. A community of Tiny township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.
  5. A small town in the Shire of Esperance, Western Australia.

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Gibson (plural Gibsons)

  1. A cocktail made with gin (or vodka) and vermouth, garnished with cocktail onions. [from 20th c.]
    • 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.
  2. An acoustic or electric guitar made by the Gibson company.
    • 2000, Larry Sandberg, The Acoustic Guitar Guide:
      Many older Gibsons have become collector's items: [] But older Gibsons are also good player's guitars.
    • 2008, Rick Rinehart, Amy Rinehart, Dare to Survive: Death, Heartbreak, and Triumph in the Wild[1], page xiv:
      We'd like to think that his spirit lives on under the western sky he so loved, strumming his Gibson somewhere and belting out a Woody Guthrie ballad to an audience of coyotes and rabbitbrush.

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