gypsy
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1. gypsy - Noun
2. gypsy - Adjective
3. gypsy - Verb
4. Gypsy - Proper noun
Meaning
One of a vagabond race, whose tribes, coming originally from India, entered Europe in 14th or 15th centry, and are now scattered over Turkey, Russia, Hungary, Spain, England, etc., living by theft, fortune telling, horsejockeying, tinkering, etc. Cf. Bohemian, Romany.
The language used by the gypsies.
A dark-complexioned person.
A cunning or crafty person
Pertaining to, or suitable for, gypsies.
To play the gypsy; to picnic in the woods.
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It is impossible to imagine a more complete fusion with nature than that of the Gypsy.
As the mother teaches her children how to express themselves in their language, so one Gypsy musician teaches the other. They have never shown any need for notation.
The flamenco of the Gypsy has nothing to do with the flamenco for tourists. Real flamenco is like sex.
The gypsy church was made of pork and the dogs ate it.
A gypsy only tells the truth once in his life but he regrets it afterwards.
Gypsy gold does not chink and glitter, it gleams in the sun and neighs in the dark.