E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Gib’eonite (4 syl., g hard).
A slave’s slave, a workman’s labourer, a farmer’s understrapper, or Jack-of-all-work. The Gibeonites were made “hewers of wood and drawers of water” to the Israelites. (Josh. ix. 27.)
