subs. (common).—1. The intestines generally; the MANIFOLD (q.v.). Cf., TROUBLE-GIBLETS.
1864. BROWNING, Dramatis Personæ, ‘The Flight of the Duchess.’
| Is pumped up brisk now, through the main ventricle, | |
| And genially floats me about the GIBLETS. |
2. (colloquial).—A fat man; FORTY-GUTS (q.v.). Also DUKE OF GIBLETS.
TO JOIN GIBLETS, verb. phr. (venery).—To copulate. Also TO HAVE or DO A BIT OF GIBLET-PIE. For synonyms, see RIDE. Hence to cohabit as husband and wife; TO LIVE TALLY. Cf., PLASTER OF WARM GUTS.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v.
1887. Notes and Queries, 7 S., iv., 511. ‘TO JOIN GIBLETS.’—This expression may occasionally be heard in this district, among the lowest and vulgarest, and has a very offensive meaning.
TO FRET ONE’S GIBLETS, verb. phr.—See FRET.
