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Webster 1828 Edition

Gipsey

GIP'SEY

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Noun.
The Gipseys are a race of vagabonds which infest Europe, Africa and Asia, strolling about and subsisting mostly by theft, robbery and fortune-telling. The name is supposed to be corrupted from Egyptian, as they were thought to have come from Egypt. But their language indicates that they originated in Hindoostan.
1.
A reproachful name for a dark complexion.
2.
A name of slight reproach to a woman; sometimes implying artifice or cunning.
A slave I am to Clara's eyes:
The gipsey knows her power and flies.

GIP'SEY

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Noun.
The language of the gipseys.

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