| 释义 |
gyppie, gyp(p)o, gyppy
varr. gippy.
1916Anzac Book 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. 1928Papers Mich. Acad. Sci. & Arts X. 297 Gypos, the Egyptian army; Egyptian laborers. 1942C. Barrett On Wallaby iv. 62 Marmalade was a luxury, which, on four-day old Gyppo bread, you spread as thinly as tinfoil. 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. 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. |