gipsy
noun
gipsy
American
[jip-see]
/ ˈdʒɪp si /
Or
Gipsy
noun
gipsies
plural
Gipsy
British
/ ˈdʒɪpsɪ /
noun
Sensitive Note
See gypsy.
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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.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
I said this rather to myself than to the gipsy, whose strange talk, voice, manner, had by this time wrapped me in a kind of dream.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
By keeping to this beaten track of enjoyment, he could, at one and the same time, be entertaining June and keeping an eye open for that gipsy girl who haunted his imagination.
From Mushroom Town by Onions, Oliver
"You are a friend of Mr. De Vaux, are you not?" said the gipsy abruptly, stopping and turning round as Manners spoke.
From The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)
I saw you on the day before yesterday," replied the gipsy, "though it was but for a moment, and you did not see me.
From The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)
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