Notes & Queries Archive
REPLY1850

Fiz-gig

By H. W.

I had expected that your Querist C.B. would have received an immediate reply to his Query as to the meaning of *fiz-gig*, because the word is in Johnson's *Dictionary*, where he may also see the line from Sandys' *Job*, in which it caught his attention. You may as well, therefore, tell him two things,—that *fiz-gig* means a fish-cart and that Querists should abstain from soliciting your aid in all cases where a common dictionary would give them the information they want.

Topics: Dictionary Definitions, Victorian Language