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gippy slang.|ˈdʒɪpɪ|
Freq. with capital initial. Also gippo, gypo, gyppie, gyppo, gyppy.
[f. gipsy n. + -y6, infl. by Egyptian a.]
1. An Egyptian, esp. a native Egyptian soldier. Also attrib. or as adj.
a1889World (Barrère & Leland), Colonel Kitchener will probably stick to his original intention of having only gippies (as they call the Egyptian soldiers here) at Suakim. 1915V. Horsley in S. Paget Sir V. Horsley (1919) iii. ii. 308 The Gippy himself has his points. 1916Anzac Bk. 137 The erstwhile Land of Jacko did breed much ‘flue’ and ‘pneu’, and it did seem as though the plagues of the ancient Gyppos had descended upon them. Ibid. 138 And it came to pass that while they yet warmed their hands there was heard a mighty crash, and of the ‘Gyppies’ that remained were picked up seven stretchers full. 1919Athenæum 8 Aug. 727/2 ‘Gypos’ for Egyptians. 1925Fraser & Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 105 The ‘Gyppie’ Army was the common colloquial term for the native force organized by Sir Evelyn Wood and Lord Kitchener. Ibid., Gippy bint, an Egyptian girl. 1928Papers Mich. Acad. Sci. & Arts X. 297 Gypos, the Egyptian army; Egyptian laborers. 1929C. Mackenzie Gallipoli Mem. iii. 26 A captain of the Gyppy Army with a pleasant oblong face. 1942C. Barrett On Wallaby iv. 62 Marmalade was a luxury, which, on four-day old Gyppo bread, you spread as thinly as tinfoil. 1955E. Waugh Officers & Gentlemen 208 ‘What's to stop him coming round the other side?’ asked Tommy. ‘According to plan—the Gyppos,’ said the Brigadier.
b. An Egyptian cigarette.
1920Punch 7 Apr. 270 I'll smoke with pleasure if they're Gyppies. Can't stand gaspers. 1926W. S. Maugham Constant Wife (1927) ii. 122 When you once get the taste for them, you prefer them to gippies.
c. gippy tummy: diarrhœa suffered by visitors to hot countries.
1943A. Moorehead Year of Battle i. 22 Few set foot in Egypt without contracting ‘Gyppy Tummy’ which is a mild stomach disorder lasting usually a couple of days. It recurs at irregular intervals and it makes you feel terrible. 1948Partridge Dict. Forces' Slang 89 Gyppy tummy, a sharp griping pain, accompanied by diarrhœa, very common in Egypt. 1960C. Mackenzie Greece in my Life xiii. 190 Both of them besides the usual gyppy tummy had had bad colds. 1961G. Egmont Art of Egmontese iv. 71 Always take..whatever is your favourite antidote to gippy tummy when you go abroad. 1970New Scientist 8 Jan. 47/1 The commonest ailment experienced by modern-day Marco Polos is an intestinal attack known as gyppy tummy..in the Middle East.
2. A gipsy. Also attrib. or as adj.
1902E. G. Hayden From Thatched Cott. xi. 95 Dally-oh if Jim ha'n't..left the place fur tramps an' gippoes to walk in. 1912English Rev. Oct. 476 He could get some one else, perhaps a half gypo, or a lad, to take my place. 1913Chums 13 Dec. 253/2 ‘What's your name, sonny?’..‘No idea,’ answered the gipsy with a soft laugh. ‘I'm generally called Gippy in England. I've got other names in France, and Spain, and Italy.’ 1924Kipling Debits & Credits (1926) 126 There's no sayin' what Gippos know. Ibid. 127 What the Gippo girl 'ad told 'er. 1953Dylan Thomas Under Milk Wood (1954) 21 Ducking under the gippo's clothespegs. |