Definitions

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  • noun Alternative form of gyro.

Etymologies

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From Greek γύρος (gyros, "turning").

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Examples

  • Wayne & co do so 24/7, and just keep picking up the giros.

    You Couldn’t Make It Up « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

  • Iisn't that what us lower orders spend our giros on?

    Coalition to propose automatic charity donations at cash machines 2010

  • No work for them as well giros are their due recompense off the fascist state for going to drug raves important demo's against Israel and the EVIL Airlines or something.

    Labour voters No.2 - The eco loon. FIDO The Dog 2009

  • They plan to dole out our information like giros to jihadists in Bradford, they must be joking.

    NO to ID Cards. FIDO The Dog 2009

  • Why bothey to push about a sackbarrow when giros and daytime TV beckons?

    The Coconuts Of London Newmania 2007

  • Lo que uno quiso decir está todavía rondando, nos encariñamos con ciertos giros.

    veruscio Diary Entry veruscio 2008

  • And when the Mexicans came to him, asking his help in sending their giros postales back to their families, he felt a positive bond of affection for them.

    Centennial Michener, James 1974

  • Bringing what little money he had saved after sending Serafina her giros postales, he would burst into the familiar cantinas on Santa Fe Street and buy beer for his old acquaintances.

    Centennial Michener, James 1974

  • The only difference was that she did not send Tranquilino any giros postales, for she had no idea where he was, but Brumbaugh showed her how to save her money at the bank, which she did.

    Centennial Michener, James 1974

  • Á menos que los giros vengan acompañados de los conocimientos y facturas comerciales y consulares (invoices and consular invoices) no los recogeremos.

    Pitman's Commercial Spanish Grammar (2nd ed.) C. A. Toledano

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