gipsy
Americannoun
plural
gipsiesnoun
Sensitive Note
See gypsy.
Other Word Forms
- Gipsy-like adjective
- Gipsydom noun
- Gipsyhood noun
- Gipsyish adjective
- gipseian adjective
- gipsydom noun
- gipsyesque adjective
- gipsyhood noun
- gipsyish adjective
- gipsyism noun
- gipsylike adjective
Vocabulary lists containing gipsy
Example Sentences
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She had on a red cloak and a black bonnet: or rather, a broad-brimmed gipsy hat, tied down with a striped handkerchief under her chin.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
I said this rather to myself than to the gipsy, whose strange talk, voice, manner, had by this time wrapped me in a kind of dream.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Good-morning!" replied the gipsy, slightly knitting his brow, as he saw the soldier's eye running over every part of their encampment with some degree of curiosity; "Good-morning!
From The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)
Patience! patience, sir, I pray you!" replied the gipsy; "I can tell you much, though on your father's conduct in London I will spare you as far as may be.
From The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)
The determination, therefore, was taken to visit the gipsy himself; and the only consideration that remained was, whether to go alone, or to ask Manners to accompany him.
From The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)
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