Gibson

plural Gibsons

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

plural Gibsons

1. A cocktail made with gin (or vodka) and vermouth, garnished with cocktail onions.First known use 20th c.

   I found Willie in the airport bar drinking a Gibson.

   1968, Ross Macdonald, The Instant Enemy

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   "I doubt it, Tommy," the Majority Leader said, coming up behind him so unexpectedly that the little Justice jumped and almost spilled his Gibson.

   1962, Allen Drury, A Shade of Difference

   Synonyms: oniontini

2. An acoustic or electric guitar made by the Gibson company.

   Many older Gibsons have become collector's items: […] But older Gibsons are also good player's guitars.

   2000, Larry Sandberg, The Acoustic Guitar Guide

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   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.

   2008, Rick Rinehart, Amy Rinehart, Dare to Survive: Death, Heartbreak, and Triumph in the Wild, page xiv