gyppyn.adj.
/ˈdʒɪpi/, U.S. /ˈdʒɪpi/ slang.
A. n.† 2. A cigarette produced in Egypt. Obsolete.
1. With capital initial. A native or inhabitant of Egypt; esp. an Egyptian soldier. Now historical.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of North Africa > native or inhabitant of Egypt > [noun]
Pharian1718
gyppy1888
1888 Cardiff Times 14 Jan. 5/7 Colonel Kitchener will probably stick to his original intention of having only ‘Gippies’ (as they call the Egyptian soldiers here) at Suakim.
1987 P. Wright & P. Greengrass Spycatcher vii. 82 I asked Alexander what the prime target was at the moment... ‘I should say it was the Gyppies,’ said Alexander finally... Tension between Britain and Egypt was fast mounting.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > articles or materials used in smoking > [noun] > thing which may be smoked > cigarette > other types of cigarette
Russian cigarette1851
papirosa1856
Egyptian1892
Russian1892
tickler1904
joystick1911
gyppy1920
king-size1920
Sobranie1923
virgin1923
Turk1926
roll-your-own1932
ready roll1949
roll-up1950
filter1956
filterless1956
rollie1964
Virginia1964
untipped1968
primo1986
1920 Punch 7 Apr. 270 I'll smoke with pleasure if they're Gyppies. Can't stand gaspers.
1926 W. S. Maugham Constant Wife (1927) ii. 122 When you once get the taste for them, you prefer them to gippies.
B. adj.† 1. With capital initial. Designating or relating to a native or inhabitant of Egypt; esp. designating an Egyptian soldier. Obsolete.
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1893 Sporting Times 6 May 3/2 I saw the Gyppy camel corps go past at Cairo when the prince was there four years ago.
1929 C. Mackenzie Gallipoli Mem. iii. 26 A captain of the Gyppy Army with a pleasant oblong face.
2. Chiefly British (and not in North American use).
a. gippy tummy n. traveller's diarrhoea, esp. when acquired in Egypt.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > excretory disorders > [noun] > diarrhoea
diarrhoea1398
squirtc1460
hurl?a1513
gurry?1523
lasking1527
laxity1528
lax?1529
lask1542
skittera1585
looseness1586
scouring1597
laxativeness1610
laxness1634
squitter1664
lurry1689
thorough-go-nimble1694
wherry-go-nimble1766
the trots1808
cholerine1832
squit1841
choleriform1884
tummy1888
gippy tummy1915
shit1928
Rhea sisters1935
belly wuk1943
tomtit1944
run1946
Montezuma's revenge1955
Aztec hop1962
turista1970
1915 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 12 June 1000/1 The prevalence of diarrhoea and abdominal pain, a condition known locally as ‘gippy tummy’.
1943 A. 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.
2018 Irish Times (Nexis) 19 June 1 Few diseases have attracted such a wide range of euphemisms as traveller's diarrhoea. The ‘runs’ and gippy tummy are some of the milder monikers.
b. Of an organ or part of the body: affected by injury or disease; troublesome; painful. Of a person: affected by nausea or diarrhoea; unwell.
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a1974 R. Crossman Diaries (1975) I. 57 I've got a gyppy stomach and I've let my two nephews Nicky and Tom walk out with Anne over the farm whilst I stay behind in the warmth of the house and dictate this diary.
1976 R. Hill Another Death in Venice (1987) ii. 29 ‘You're not sick?’ he asked. ‘I felt a bit gippy last night myself.’
1997 Independent (Nexis) 4 Mar. 19 Apparently Mr Frost has had a gippy hip for years, a legacy of his previous career as a champion hurdler on the athletics track.
2013 @dudara 9 Dec. in twitter.com (accessed 28 Nov. 2019) The chairs in our office are not helping my gyppy back.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.adj.1888