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Buggy was a name given to several species of carriages or gigs: in England, a buggy was a light one-horse two-wheeled vehicle without a hood; in the United States, a buggy was a light one-horse four-wheeled vehicle, with or without a hood or top; in India, a buggy was a gig with a large hood to screen those who travelled in it from the sun's rays.
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A dog-cart was a sort of double-seated gig for four persons, those before and those behind sitting back to back; it was often furnished with a boot for holding dogs.
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A gig is a light, two-wheeled carriage pulled by a single horse.
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A whiskey or whisky was a kind of light, two wheeled, one-horse drawn gig.
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John Thurtell was an English gambler and murderer. He was born in 1794 at Norwich and died in 1824. Living in London, he was renowned as a sporting and gambling bully who lived chiefly by his wits. He lost a large sum of money to William Weare, a solicitor of Lyon's Inn, whom he subsequently accused of cheating him, enticed the victim to make a journey into the country and murdered him en route, hiding the body with the aid of his two associates, Probert and Hunt. Hunt and Probert turned King's evidence against John Thurtell and he was tried. He made a strong defence at his trial, and it was in the evidence led that the famous phrase 'he drove a gig' (hence Carlyle's gigmanity) was used. However he was convicted and hanged at Hertford on January the 9th 1824.
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Gig Young (real name Byron Elsworth Barr) was an American actor. He was born in 1913 at St. Cloud, Minnesota and died in 1978 (committing suicide).
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Air Force is a Second World War drama starring John Ridgely, Gig Young and Arthur Kennedy in a story about the crew of a Flying Fortress bomber who witness the attack on Pearl Harbor and are diverted to land on a nearby island.
Air Force was directed by Howard Hawks in 1943.
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Arena is a western starring Gig Young, Jean Hagen, Polly Bergen, Henry Morgan, Barbara Lawrence and Lee Aaker in a story about an egoist rodeo rider whose wife leaves him because of his vanity. Arena was directed by Richard Fleischer in 1953.
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City That Never Sleeps is a crime drama starring Gig Young, Mala Powers, William Talman and Edward Arnold in a story about an impoverished policeman who becomes involved in a well-paid, but dubious, offer to sort out a case of double-cross and blackmail. City That Never Sleeps was directed by John H Auer in 1953.
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The Shuttered Room is a horror starring Gig Young, Carol Lynley and Oliver Reed in a story about a young couple inheriting an old mill house, and being warned to stay away from it. The Shuttered Room was directed by David Greene in 1967.
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