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Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. An itinerant person or any person or group with qualities traditionally ascribed to Romani people, including suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft etc.; one of a vagabond race, not necessarily Romani
- adj. Of or having the qualities of an itinerant person or group with qualities traditionally ascribed to Romani people, including suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft etc.
- adj. Gypsy, of or belonging to the Romani.
- adj. Of or belonging to the Gypsy race (Webster).
Etymologies
- Alteration of Middle English gypcian, short for Egipcien, Egyptian (so called because Gypsies were thought to have come from Egypt).
Examples
“O'NEILL: Krigbaum had not heard the term gypsy brewing.”
“Some gypsies dislike the term gypsy, some love it, some don't care.”
“Also “a life spelled out in gypsy cards” just means this was all destined to happen.”
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“Link barbra striesand in gypsy what a mama rose she would be — jerry huddleston”
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“When Robert Jordan first meets Rafael, the gypsy is making traps for rabbits.”
“In the flea markets I bought a leather jacket from a woman who spoke in gypsy accent.”
“John, my husband, is an orginal gypsy from the Ukraine - my father is from Norway, but my mother is 1/4 Chip - originating from the Turtle Mtn. Indian Reserve in the Dakatas - to others we may be thought of as "making no sense", but to us, "our" combo fulfills a void not previously attained in our lives before we united.”
“Here, neighbor," she said; "I must say good-by now, for the gypsy is coming this way, and I want to buy some of her goods.”
“If you call a gypsy a vagabond, I think you do him wrong,”
“Mountains says that in the earliest edition of the ballad, the gypsy is called Johnny Faa, a name common among gypsies.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘gypsy’.
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Alle Menschen werden Brüder
It's only a question of time, when.
Derogatory terms for anybody different.zog lover, zipperhead, zip, yid, yellow, yankee, yank, wog, whitey, wigga, wop, whigger and 315 more...
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®emovies
Movies or TV shows where the titles are also common words, generally one-word titles.
lost, alien, bug, elephant, siege, gladiator, flock, captivity, piano, roots, freaks, moonstruck and 269 more...
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Words that are also movies
Unabashedly stolen from a comment made by courier12.
vertigo, serendipity, casablanca, psycho, jaws, fantasia, stagecoach, network, rocky, giant, platoon, unforgiven and 285 more...
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Home Sweet Home
Actual Towns and Cities with Poetic Names.
If you know where the town is located please put that in the comments. All of mine came out of a zip code directory.phlox, blue mountain, battles wharf, robinwood, blue spring, coffee springs, cottage hill, hazel green, highland home, sunflower, three notch, circle and 94 more...
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Cool sounding words
Stuff that either rolls off the tongue really well or sounds interesting.
suppurate, inveterate, douche, Constantinople, zyzygy, polyglot, serendipitous, vivisection, solypsis, conflagration, instupituous, fecundity and 52 more...
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Albania
About what you'd expect...
albania, italy, adriatic, croatia, durrës, shkodër, kukës, korçë, vlorë, gjirokastër, sarandë, corfu and 87 more...
treeseed a town in West Virginia, USA Feb 26, 2008