Romany Life: Experienced and Observed during many Years of Friendly Intercourse with the GypsiesCuttriss, Frank
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Romany Life: Experienced and Observed during many Years of Friendly Intercourse with the Gypsies
Cuttriss, Frank
Romanies -- England
_Bar_ A pound.
_Baulo_ A pig.
_Bershor_ Years.
_Betie_ Tiny, small.
_Bis_ Twenty.
_Bokkra_ A sheep.
_Boro gav_ Big city—London.
_Boronashemescrutan_ Epsom race-course.
_Bosh_ Fiddle.
_Boshomengro_ Fiddler.
_Buddigur_ A shop.
_Buddigur divvus_ Shopping day, usually Saturday.
The term is sometimes used
for Monday, but this day is
more frequently called “toving
divvus,” or washing day.
_Camipen-lil_ Love-letter.
_Chavo_ Child, boy.
_Chies_ Girls.
_Chiklo_, _chickly_ Dirty.
_Chin_ To cut.
_Chin a ran_ Cut a tent rod.
_Chiv_ Put.
_Chivving tulipen prey_ }
_the chokkars_ } Greasing the shoes.
_Chokkars_ Shoes.
_Choom_ A kiss.
_Chor’d_ Stole.
_Chorodies_ Dirty outcasts.
_Chovahani_ Witch.
_Churi_ Knife.
_Chuvvel_ Coat.
_Coru_ Pot.
_Cosh_ Stick, or wood.
_Cour_ To fight.
_Covar_ Any article, thing.
_Des_ Ten.
_Dick_ To look.
_Dickoi_ Look here.
_Diddecoy_ Local term for Chorodies.
_Dinlo_, _Dinnelo_ A fool.
_Divvus_ Day.
_Dordi_ Oh dear.
_Drab-engro_ Doctor (Poison man).
_Drom_ Way, or road.
_Dui_ Two.
_Dukkerin_ Fortune telling.
_Escunye-mengro_ A skewer-maker.
_Gav_ Town.
_Gav mush_ Policeman.
_Gorgio_ One who is not a gypsy.
_Gry_ Horse.
_Hev_ Hole.
_Hoquepen_ A lie, falsehood.
_Horry_ Pence.
_Hotchi_ Hedgehog.
_Jal_ To go.
_Jal a moskeying_ Go a-spying.
_Jalled_ Went.
_Jib_ To live.
_Jib_ Tongue (speech).
_Jibben_ Life.
_Jinned_ Knew, understood.
_Juggal_ A dog.
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