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Gib·son

(gĭb′sən)

A dry martini garnished with a small pickled onion.

[From the name Gibson.]

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Gibson

(ˈɡɪbsən)

(Cookery) chiefly US a cocktail consisting of four or more parts dry gin and one part dry vermouth, iced and served with a pickled pearl onion

Gibson

(ˈɡɪbsən)

(Biography) Mel. born 1956, Australian film actor and director: his films include Mad Max (1979), Hamlet (1990), Braveheart (1996; also directed), What Women Want (2000), The Passion of the Christ (2004; director only), and Apocalypto (2006; director and co-writer)

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Gib•son

(ˈgɪb sən)

n.

a dry martini cocktail garnished with a pearl onion.

[1925–30; after the surname Gibson]

Gib•son

(ˈgɪb sən)

n.

1. Althea, born 1927, U.S. tennis player.

2. Charles Dana, 1867–1944, U.S. artist and illustrator.

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Noun	1.	Gibson - United States illustrator remembered for his creation of the `Gibson girl' (1867-1944) C. D. Gibson, Charles Dana Gibson
	2.	Gibson - Australian actor (born in the United States in 1956) Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson, Mel Gibson U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
	3.	Gibson - United States tennis player who was the first Black woman player to win all the major world singles titles (1927-2003) Althea Gibson

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You are not one of the Gibsons; and yet I know you--that face, and the eyes and forehead, are quiet familiar to me: you are like--why, you are like Jane Eyre!"

John does not at all resemble his father, and I am glad of it: John is like me and like my brothers--he is quite a Gibson. Oh, I wish he would cease tormenting me with letters for money?

Georgiana, when not unburdening her heart to me, spent most of her time in lying on the sofa, fretting about the dulness of the house, and wishing over and over again that her aunt Gibson would send her an invitation up to town.

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We have only to add that the affairs of the captain have been satisfactorily arranged with the War Department, and that he is actually in service at Fort Gibson, on our western frontier, where we hope he may meet with further opportunities of indulging his peculiar tastes, and of collecting graphic and characteristic details of the great western wilds and their motley inhabitants.

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And then I have made a little purchase within this half year; East Kingham Farm, you must remember the place, where old Gibson used to live.

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I wouldn't go halves in the toffee and gingerbread on purpose to save the money; and Gibson and Spouncer fought with me because I wouldn't.

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One of the fiction stories about the Gibson hero and the girl whose life he saved, like you read?'

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The Gibsons, who operate Gibson's Kennels in Grafton, opened the Worcester location to expand their retail presence.

Love of retail fuels expansion to Worcester; Owners of Gibson's Kennels open pet store on Grafton Street

The Gibsons have seven children, six of whom are adults, and Mrs Gibson has asked for joint custody of their nine-year-old son Tom.

Multi-million divorce for Mel Gibson

The Gibsons released a joint statement yesterday, seeking privacy..

Mel Gibson's wife files for divorce

The Gibsons released a joint statement Monday, seeking privacy.

Mel Gibson's wife files for divorce in LA

Timber Press, based in Portland, recently bought Gibsons' wire holders to display its gardening and horticulture books at trade shows.