gingen.
/dʒɪn(d)ʒ/, U.S. /dʒɪndʒ/ colloquial (now chiefly British).
(A nickname for) a person with red or reddish hair; cf. ginger n. 5.Sometimes derogatory, reflecting negative attitudes towards red-haired people.
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1911 E. Dyson Benno & some Push v. 58 Miss Dolly Hopgood was commonly called ‘Ginge’, an abbreviation of Ginger, and a polite allusion to her prevailing tint.
1977 G. F. Newman Prisoner's Tale 21 He..glanced down at his crotch. ‘I'm getting a blue vein here, Ginge,’ he said.
1985 ‘D. Kavanagh’ Putting Boot In 11 That speedy little ginge had got the ball again.
2007 T. Bell Life in Bus Lane iii. 43 If that wasn't bad enough, there was the total indignity of meeting a fellow ‘ginge’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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