Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Offensive Used as a disparaging term for one who is not Gypsy.
Etymologies
- Romani.
Examples
“Peerless; a gadjo pearl, the Tsingani had called Imriel de la Courcel.”
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“New York who was married to one and spoke Romanes herself (a rare accomplishment for a gadjo); she found the use of "Roma" by outsiders bizarre, and always spoke of "Gypsies" and said those she knew did the same in English.”
““There was such a boy, a gadjo pearl, with black hair and eyes like the deep sea.”
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