Gibson

Gib·son  (gbsn)

n.

A dry martini garnished with a small pickled onion.

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[From the name Gibson.]

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Gibson, Althea 1927-2003.

American tennis player. The first African American to play at Wimbledon (1951), she won the U.S. women's singles title and the singles and doubles titles at Wimbledon in 1957 and 1958.

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Gibson, Joshua Known as "Josh." 1911-1947.

American baseball player. During his 17-year career in the Negro Leagues (1929-1946), he is reported to have hit nearly 800 home runs, 84 of them in an estimated 200-game season.

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Gibson, Robert Known as "Bob." Born 1935.

American baseball player. A right-handed pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals (1959-1975), he is best known for his 1968 season, in which he set major-league records for single-season earned run average (1.12) and most strikeouts in a World Series (35), and won the first of his two Cy Young Awards (1968, 1970).

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Gibson [ˈgɪbs^ən]

n

(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

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Gibson²

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(Biographies / Gibson, Mel (1956 M, Australian, FILMS AND TV: actor, FILMS AND TV: director) Mel. born 1956, Australian film actor: his films include Mad Max (1979), Hamlet (1990), Braveheart (1996; also directed), and What Women Want (2000)

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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