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Thread #87719   Message #1639909
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
02-Jan-06 - 05:51 PM
Thread Name: What is a 'gig'?
Subject: RE: What is a 'gig'?
16724: An ancestor of this thread, saying much the same, same, same-
Gig

And a reminder from that thread- the Engish seeminglyare responsible for the musician's term, first printed in the journal "Melody Maker," 1926, 1927, and its use in London. (OED)