gyppo

[ jip-oh ]

noun

, Slang.

, plural gyp·pos.

1. a logger who operates on a small budget and typically gleans the timberlands already cut by larger companies.

gyppo

/ ˈdʒɪpəʊ /

noun

1. slang.
   a derogatory term for Gypsy

Word History and Origins

Origin of gyppo¹

Probably ellipsis from gyppo logger, gyppo outfit, etc.; gyppo originally, someone willing to do piecework, usually a non-union worker (probably employed by such logging companies); gyp ¹, -o

Example Sentences

It contains lines as indecipherable as this: “They landed a gyppo logging crew on the St. Joe River, Gig talking his way onto one end of a two-man misery whip, Rye ladling water and pounding wedges in the kerfs to keep the saws from binding.”

From Slate

Like us, the Gyppo Ale Mill’s co-owner Julie Peacock took one of the dramatic drives to the Lost Coast region and immediately fell in love with it.

From New York Times

“Locals think nothing of driving that road to town,” said Katie Wallace-Schmidt, the manager of Gyppo as she delivered falafel burgers and lamb sausage to our table.

From New York Times

They opened Gyppo last spring and call it “California’s most remote brewery,” because, said Ms. Peacock, “I haven’t found one more remote.”

From New York Times

“S'prised a gyppo knows a big word like that? Yer don't know who I am, do yer? Oh, I remember you all right. These yots don't forgets a face. We was both at the littl'uns school in the village. Frogmartin, Figmortin, the teacher's name was, summat like that. Yer was stuttery then, too, wasn't yer? We was playin' that game, that Hangman game.”

From Literature