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▪ I. Gibson1|ˈgɪbsən| The name of C. Dana Gibson (1867–1944), American artist and illustrator, used attrib. to designate a type of girl fashionable in the late 1890s and early 1900s, or dress, etc., characteristic of this type of girl.
1901Cosmopolitan June 120/1 It is a saying among artists that nine out of ten models who come..seeking employment say they are the original ‘Gibson girl’ or the ‘Diana of the Garden’. 1902Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 590/1 American men..impart as much importance and humour to his [sc. Gibson's] pages as his ‘Gibson girls’ give radiance. 1904Daily Chron. 11 Apr. 8/4 The lean-limbed, lantern-jawed American..accompanied by a Gibson girl, who calls him ‘poppa’. 1905Ibid. 1 Mar. 6/6 A Gibson girl..is a lady with a perfect figure and a perfectly-fitting dress... Miss Hardren, a handsome brunette in black, with a black picture hat, criticised the Gibson dress unsparingly. Ibid. 13 Mar. 8/1 Gibson pleats starting from the shoulder line and brought in symmetrical lines to the waist. 1942D. Powell Time to be Born (1943) x. 221 Miss Finkelstein..had swept her sleek black locks into a Gibson girl pompadour. ▪ II. Gibson2|ˈgɪbsən| In full Gibson cocktail. A cocktail consisting of gin and vermouth garnished with pearl onions.
1930H. Craddock Savoy Cocktail Bk. i. 75 Gibson cocktail. ½ French Vermouth. ½ Gin. 1951H. McCloy Alias Basil Willing x. 121 Two double Gibsons, very dry..icy, oyster-white liquid that was almost pure gin with only a dash of vermouth. 1968‘J. Welcome’ Hell is where you find It iv. 51 He busied himself with a martini jug. I supposed that he was making a Gibson. |