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Gipsy

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Gip·sy  (jps)
n.
Variant of Gypsy.

Gipsy [ˈdʒɪpsɪ]
n pl -sies
(Social Science / Peoples) (sometimes not capital) a variant spelling of Gypsy
Gipsyish  adj
Gipsydom  n
Gipsyhood  n
Gipsy-like  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.gipsy - a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment; "itinerant traders"
laborer, labourer, manual laborer, jack - someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
swagger, swaggie, swagman - an itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of work
tinker - formerly a person (traditionally a Gypsy) who traveled from place to place mending pots and kettles and other metal utensils as a way to earn a living
2.GipsyGipsy - a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America)
Indian - a native or inhabitant of India
gitana - a Spanish female Gypsy
gitano - a Spanish male Gypsy
Translations
gipsy [ˈdʒɪpsi]
nbohémien(ne) m/f
modif [site, camp] → de bohémiens; [music] → tzigane gipsy caravan
gipsy caravan nroulotte f

gipsy, gypsy
nZigeuner(in) m(f) (neg!)
adj attrZigeuner-; gipsy musicZigeunermusik f

gipsy gypsy


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In fact, for a couple of hours I met nothing worth mentioning, male or female, with the exception of a gipsy caravan, which I suppose was both; but it was a poor show.
They are all suited now with sticks, and Joe Willis and the gipsy man have drawn the first lot.
One of us - I forget which one now, but I rather think it was myself - made a few feeble attempts during the course of the morning to work up the old gipsy foolishness about being children of Nature and enjoying the wet; but it did not go down well at all.
 
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