Definitions for gibuses

gibuses gi·bus

Spelling: [jahy-buh s]
IPA: /ˈdʒaɪ bəs/

Gibuses is a 7 letter English word.

You can make 103 anagrams from letters in gibuses (begissu).

Definitions for gibuses

noun

  1. opera hat.

Origin of gibuses

First recorded in 1840-50; named after Gibus, 19th-century Frenchman, its inventor

Examples for gibuses

He had gone out to dinner with a gibus hat, and they took that.

He went down by the lift (tipping again), and, being accosted by a waiter with his gibus, tipped the finder half a crown.

Ca'thos, cousin of Madelon, brought up by her uncle Gor'gibus, a plain citizen in the middle rank of life.

He took a gibus hat,—his own, or that of some other unfortunate,—and slowly made his way down to the place in Bruton Street.

The eminent entertainer extracted from the gibus a portmanteau, a soup-tureen, and a lady's watch.

“Devil” his lordship was going to say, for something struck him on the top of his gibus hat.

His gibus was thrust back and exposed a disorder of hair that suggested a reckless desperation.

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