Rom vs gyp

Rom

noun
  • A member of the Romani people. 

  • A male member of the Romani people who is married and considered respectable amongst the family. 

adj
  • Romani: of or pertaining to the Roma people. 

name
  • A short river in Greater London which flows into the River Thames. 

  • The Romani language. 

  • The ethnic designation used by the Romani people from Eastern Europe. 

gyp

noun
  • Pain or discomfort. 

  • The room in which such college servants work. 

  • A domestic servant, generally male, who would attend upon (usually several) students, brushing their clothes, carrying parcels, waiting at parties and other tasks; generally equivalent to a scout in the historical sense at Oxford University or a skip at Trinity College, Dublin. 

  • Coordinate terms: porter, bedder 

  • A cheat or swindle; a rip-off. 

  • Synonym of gypsy (“contra dance step”) 

  • Gypsophila. 

  • A small kitchen for use by college students. 

verb
  • To cheat or swindle. 

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