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One who lives a footloose, carefree life is sometimes called a gypsy.
Example Sentences
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One of Europe's biggest annual gatherings of Gypsies and travellers could become a ticketed event if proposals get the go ahead.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2022
A bearded, burly man, Williams was a talented musician who wrote songs, sang and played a Fender Stratocaster guitar in bands, including the Crazy Texas Gypsies.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2022
You can buy coffee and cake for about $7, or try one of the cocktails listed on brown paper menus: Whistling Gypsies, Hello Sailors.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 17, 2022
As a 12-year-old boy in Europe in the early 1930s, he ran away with a band of Gypsies, lived with them on and off for 10 years, and, decades later, wrote this luminous memoir.
From New York Times ● Mar. 12, 2020
So we sat and waited more, watching the Gypsies, the Gypsies watching back.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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