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gipsies

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gipsies noun

  1. (sometimes offensive) A member of the Romani people, or one of the sub-groups (Roma, Sinti, Romanichal, etc).

gipsies noun

  1. An itinerant person or any person, not necessarily Romani; a tinker, a traveller or a carny.
  2. (sometimes offensive) A move in contra dancing in which two dancers walk in a circle around each other while maintaining eye contact (but not touching as in a swing). (Compare whole gyp, half gyp, and gypsy meltdown, in which this step precedes a swing.)
  3. A member of a Broadway musical chorus line.
  4. A person with a dark complexion.

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RomRomaRomanitziganezigeunergipgypgyregypsiestravellersgipsies

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