单词 | didicoi |
释义 | didicoin. British (colloquial and regional). Now usually derogatory and offensive. A Gypsy, a member of the Romani people; (also) a member of any traditionally itinerant community; a Traveller. Sometimes (chiefly in Romani usage): spec. a Gypsy or Traveller who is not solely of Romani descent. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > race > nomads > [noun] > Gipsies or Romanies > person gyptian1533 Egyptian1538 Bohemian1574 Gypsy1574 tinker1575 Zingani1581 Zingaro1600 moonman1608 faw1756 vagabond1756 Zingara1756 gitano1761 gitanac1770 nomade1798 Roman1800 Romani1800 Tzigane1802 Zigeuner1802 Sinti1827 piker1838 pikey1838 Rom1841 Zincalo1841 Romanichal1843 nomadian1847 Romany chai1851 didicoi1853 Bedouin1863 gyppo1868 gyp1886 1853 ‘E. R.’ in M. Carpenter Juvenile Delinquents iv. 126 Gipseys, romaneys, didycoys, ‘our people’, as they call themselves. 1936 G. Greene Journey without Maps i. iii. 79 A didicoi..was the name they gave in Gloucestershire to gipsies. 1966 Guardian 3 Nov. 4/6 ‘Didicoys’—the Irish tinkers and other nomads around London who far outnumber the true Romanies. 1970 Jrnl. Gypsy Lore Soc. 49 148 There was only one [of the members of a dance company] of Romany blood amongst the whole 157 and he a Diddikai, whose claim to our blood was through his Mother's side. 1999 Independent 30 Nov. ii. 2/6 The driver..observed that there were ‘didicois’ on the train..and he admonished us not to give any more money to the ‘gypos’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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