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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(now rare or historical) Either of the lamps on either side of a gig carriage; a headlamp..
But once on the more secure purchase of the macadamised main road, their driver turned off his gig-lamps and let the passengers swell slowly into drowsy sleep as he set sail for distant Avignon.
Use gig-lamp when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Gig-lamp means (now rare or historical) Either of the lamps on either side of a gig carriage; a headlamp..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
But once on the more secure purchase of the macadamised main road, their driver turned off his gig-lamps and let the passengers swell slowly into drowsy sleep as he set sail for distant Avignon.
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