a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment; "itinerant traders"
Used in a Sentence
gipsy
How to use gipsy in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for gipsy.
Editorial note
I'll retract my stereotypes when you will show me one gipsy having a real job.
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Quick take
a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment; "itinerant traders"
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of gipsy gathered in one view.
a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America)
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for gipsy.
noun
a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment; "itinerant traders"
noun
a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America)
See also: Gypsy, Gipsy, Romany, Rommany, Romani, Roma, Bohemian
Example sentences
I'll retract my stereotypes when you will show me one gipsy having a real job.
Although where I live now we have gipsy gangs roaming the hoods and kidnap your dogs - then make you pay a ransome to get them back.
There are gipsy communities and neighborhoods, though, with a distinct culture.
They care about the margins of product-announcement papers and reads the future from them like gipsy-queens reads tea-leaves.
The romanian gipsy group composed of organized beggars, pimps, prostitutes and thiefs = the bad romanians.
IMO the old law hasn't really been a problem, and the new law should pose a problem to gipsy customs since it has clause where it allows sex if the partner is of similar age.
The average westerner can't distinguish a romanian from a roma/romani/gipsy although they are quite distinct.
The slum is a couple hundred gipsy families, living in unfinished/abandoned houses without water, gas/heating, they steal electricity off the grid.
In Cluj Napoca for instance, a notoriously corrupt city, people of gipsy background are not even allowed in public administration buildings and their children are frequently sold as modern day slaves.
UK and other western countries were sitting ducks in the face of the eastern european gipsy invasion and their supernatural ability to exploit the social protection programs and other benefits.
> Even during the war, the meat was not socially accepted for human consumptionFor what it's worth, it was a huge scandal in the early 1990s in my country when it was rumored that members of our local gipsy community had eaten swans after they had just arrived in Vienna.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use gipsy in a sentence?
I'll retract my stereotypes when you will show me one gipsy having a real job.
What does gipsy mean?
a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment; "itinerant traders"
What part of speech is gipsy?
gipsy is commonly used as noun.