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gipsy

Or Gip·sy

[jip-see]

noun

plural

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



Gipsy

/ ˈdʒɪpsɪ /

noun

  1. (sometimes not capital) a variant spelling of Gypsy

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Sensitive Note

See gypsy.
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Other Word Forms

  • gipsydom noun
  • gipsyesque adjective
  • gipsyish adjective
  • gipsylike adjective
  • gipseian adjective
  • gipsyhood noun
  • gipsyism noun
  • Gipsydom noun
  • Gipsy-like adjective
  • Gipsyish adjective
  • Gipsyhood 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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She had on a red cloak and a black bonnet: or rather, a broad-brimmed gipsy hat, tied down with a striped handkerchief under her chin.

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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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