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Gorgio

British  
/ ˈɡɔːdʒəʊ, -dʒɪəʊ /

noun

  1. (sometimes not capital) a word used by Gypsies for a non-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

Etymology

Origin of Gorgio

from Romany


Example Sentences

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Donna's voice and the superb disco music by Gorgio Moroder was a sure winner.

From BBC ● May 18, 2012

I commit no crime in calling myself by a Gorgio name and in accumulating a fortune.

From Red Money by Fergus Hume

“Hey, brother, you don’t speak as you did—you don’t speak like a Gorgio, you speak like one of us, you call me sister.”

From Lavengro The Scholar - The Gypsy - The Priest, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Francis Hindes Groome

The idea that this red-haired and gaunt woman should love the handsome Gorgio was so ludicrous in Chaldea's eyes that she laughed in an ironical fashion.

From Red Money by Fergus Hume

An' she had sich ways; an' she's the only Gorgio or Gorgie, 'cept Mrs. Davies, as I ever liked, lad or wench.'

From Aylwin by Theodore Watts-Dunton

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