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Meanings of gypsy in English
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)
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The act opens in the gypsy camp in the suburbs of Presburg.
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The gypsy wagons had all stopped in the middle of the road.
3
One day some years ago, an old gypsy came to my house.
4
She belonged to one of the principal gypsy families in this country.
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He consulted a standdard work to learn more about the gypsy moth.
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The gypsy beheld the piece of folly which the goat had committed.
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The gypsy was still in the same place, as he had supposed.
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The gypsy swept his eye over the animal and shook his head.
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But the most delightful thing in all Hungary is its gypsy music.
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The great, dark eyes of the gypsy looked out into the forest.
11
The head of the gypsy bent lower and lower over her crocheting.
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The gypsy's finger was pointed to a particular part of the sky.
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So advancing to the first dark man I greeted him in gypsy.
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A gleam of intelligence shot across the ill-favoured face of the gypsy.
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It makes me think of the Far East, said the gypsy queen.
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He was the true Bohemian of his trade-thegypsy of early photography.
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