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Jig

from gigue. A short piece of music much in vogue in olden times, of a very lively character, either six-eight or twelve-eight time, and used for dance-tunes. It consists of two parts, each of eight bars. Also a comic song.

“You jig, you amble, and you lisp.” —Shakespeare: Hamlet, iii. l.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894

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