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gypper

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English

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Etymology 1

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From gyp +‎ -er.

Noun

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gypper (plural gyppers)

  1. One who gyps; a cheat or swindler.
    • 2004, Sophia Dembling, Lisa Gutierrez, The Making of Dr. Phil, page 55:
      "I think people are being gypped," the 87-year-old Wooster-Petrik says of McGraw's current-day followers. "Once a gypper, you're not going to change colors."
    • 2013, Ruby Pearl Boor Barraw, 92 Years - The Poems of My Life (page 25)
      He grabs the cat's food and is a gypper / He romps and plays and acts like a nipper

Etymology 2

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Noun

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gypper (plural gyppers)

  1. (UK, slang) A gypsy.