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gipsy

or Ҿ·

[ jip-see ]

noun

plural gipsies,
  1. Chiefly British, Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive. gypsy.


Gipsy

/ ˈɪɪ /

noun

  1. sometimes not capital a variant spelling of Gypsy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Sensitive Note

See gypsy.
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Derived Forms

  • ˈҾdz, noun
  • ˈҾ-ˌ, adjective
  • ˈҾ⾱, adjective
  • ˈҾˌǴǻ, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • ··dz noun
  • ··ܱ ·· ·· ·· adjective
  • ··Ǵǻ noun
  • ·· noun
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Example Sentences

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His ancestry is ambiguous, and he is described in the book as "a dark-skinned gipsy" and "a little Lascar, or an American or Spanish castaway".

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The last night’s ball seemed lost in the gipsies.

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These Szgany are gipsies; I have notes of them in my book.

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I felt now as composed as ever I did in my life: there was nothing indeed in the gipsy’s appearance to trouble one’s calm.

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Guenever, on the other hand, dressed like a gipsy, entertained like a lodging-house keeper, and kept her lover a secret On top of this, she was a nuisance.

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