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Gorgio

British  
/ -dʒɪəʊ, ˈɡɔːdʒəʊ /

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

The dukkeripen allus comes true, unless it's one as says a Gorgio shall come to the Kaulo Camloes an' break Sinfi Lovell's heart.

From Aylwin by Watts-Dunton, Theodore

“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 Groome, Francis Hindes

Whereupon I answers, ‘It all comes of my son Jasper, who brings the Gorgio to our fire, and must needs be teaching him.’

From Lavengro The Scholar - The Gypsy - The Priest, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Groome, Francis Hindes

“Kek,” penned the Gorgio; “se sār kushto an’ kirus. 

From The English Gipsies and Their Language by Leland, Charles Godfrey

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