Definitions
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- noun A
gypsy ortraveller , especially one who is notRomani or is notfull-blooded Romani.
Etymologies
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Examples
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I heard Rene on "ello-ello" this lunchtime (sad, I know!) using the word "didicoy".
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We, on the other hand, should bury our natural instincts (which would be to bulldoze the didicoy encampment forthwith) and revel as this ineffably superior representative of the UK Nomenklatura has to grapple with the impingement of the real world on hers.
Archive 2008-03-23 2008
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We, on the other hand, should bury our natural instincts (which would be to bulldoze the didicoy encampment forthwith) and revel as this ineffably superior representative of the UK Nomenklatura has to grapple with the impingement of the real world on hers.
A Gypsy Fiddle Which Is Not Exactly Music To Jowell’s Ears 2008
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The Law was perfectly adequate before the Hunting Act 2005 to prosecute didicoy poachers coursing their lurchers on private land and in this regard the new Act is quite otiose.
Archive 2007-07-01 2007
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The Law was perfectly adequate before the Hunting Act 2005 to prosecute didicoy poachers coursing their lurchers on private land and in this regard the new Act is quite otiose.
treeseed commented on the word didicoy
"Didicoy (Romani diddicoi; also diddicoy, diddycoy) was a 19th and early 20th century term of the Roma (Gypsies) for travellers with no Roma blood. There was often fierce competition between the groups, and the Roma tended to blame their own reputation for criminality on the didicoys masquerading as Gypsies.
Among the settled population in Britain, ironically, the term became a slang expression for 'Gypsy'."
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January 25, 2008
jmjarmstrong commented on the word didicoy
JM is not a didicoy.
February 4, 2011