gip
English
Verb
gip (third-person singular simple present gips, present participle gipping, simple past and past participle gipped)
- Alternative form of gyp
Noun
gip (plural gips)
- A servant; a gyp.
- 1846 [1845], Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Boston: Anti-Slavery Office, page 35:
- The girls seldom passed her without her saying, “Move faster, you black gip!” at the same time giving them a blow with the cowskin over the head or shoulders, often drawing the blood.
Verb
gip (third-person singular simple present gips, present participle gipping, simple past and past participle gipped)
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