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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DIDICOY

From Romany.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DIDICOY

didicoy  [ˈdɪdəˌkaɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DIDICOY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Didicoy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DIDICOY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Didicoy

Didicoy is a term of the Romanichal for travellers with mixed Romani blood. Often, the settled population of Britain's Romany use the term Didicoy as a slang expression for all Romani people. An example of an old Romani song about a mixed blooded Romanichal is the "Romano Rai": I'm a Romano Rai, just an old didikai, I build all my temples beneath the blue sky, I live in a tent and I don't pay no rent, and that's why they call me the Romano Rai. Didi-a-didi-a-didi-di-kai, chavves, Tika-dika-tika-a-lai, Your Daddus tryin' to sell a mush a kushto grai. I'm a Romano rai, just an old didikai, I live in a mansion beneath the blue sky, I was born in a ditch, so I won't ever grow rich, But that's why they call me the Romano Rai. Tikka, tikka, didikai, tikka, tikka, didikai That's why they call him the Romano Rai Tikka-tikka-didikai, tikka tikka, didikai, That's why they call him the Romani Rai. I'm a Romano Rai, a true didikai, My temple's a mansion beneath the blue sky, I'm a Romano Rai, a true didikai, just campin' around, on any ol' ground, But that's why they call him the Romano Rai.

Definition of didicoy in the English dictionary

The definition of didicoy in the dictionary is one of a group of caravan-dwelling roadside people who live like Gypsies but are not true Romanies.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DIDICOY


bronchi
ˈbrɒŋkaɪ
caille
kaɪ
chi
kaɪ
didakai
ˈdɪdəˌkaɪ
disci
ˈdɪskaɪ
elenchi
ɪˈlɛŋkaɪ
ensky
ɪnˈskaɪ
foci
ˈfəʊkaɪ
Gracchi
ˈɡrækaɪ
kai
kaɪ
kye
kaɪ
Mackay
məˈkaɪ
Malachi
ˈmæləˌkaɪ
Malachy
ˈmæləˌkaɪ
Mordecai
ˌmɔːdəˈkaɪ
rhonchi
ˈrɒŋkaɪ
sakai
ˈsakaɪ
sky
skaɪ
Skye
skaɪ
spy-in-the-sky
ˌspaɪɪnðəˈskaɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DIDICOY

diddly
diddly-squat
diddy
didelphian
didelphic
didelphid
didelphine
didelphous
Diderot
didgeridoo
didjeridoo
didjeridu
didn´t
dido
didrachm
didrachma
didrachmae
didst
didy
didymium

WORDS THAT END LIKE DIDICOY

accoy
alloy
baby boy
boy
coy
decoy
destroy
diddicoy
doy
enjoy
hoy
joy
overcoy
oy
playboy
Roy
soy
toy
Troy
uncoy

Synonyms and antonyms of didicoy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «didicoy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DIDICOY

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The translations of didicoy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «didicoy» in English.

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didicoy
1,325 millions of speakers

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didicoy
570 millions of speakers

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didicoy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

didicoy
380 millions of speakers
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didicoy
280 millions of speakers

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didicoy
278 millions of speakers

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didicoy
270 millions of speakers

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didicoy
260 millions of speakers

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didicoy
220 millions of speakers

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Didicoy
190 millions of speakers

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didicoy
180 millions of speakers

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didicoy
130 millions of speakers

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didicoy
85 millions of speakers

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Didicoy
85 millions of speakers
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didicoy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

didicoy
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डिकॉकॉय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

didicoy
70 millions of speakers

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didicoy
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

didicoy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

didicoy
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

didicoy
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

didicoy
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

didicoy
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

didicoy
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

didicoy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of didicoy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DIDICOY»

The term «didicoy» is regularly used and occupies the 96.744 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about didicoy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DIDICOY»

Discover the use of didicoy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to didicoy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Anatomist's Apprentice
... Rebecca were on the road to Brandwick to buy thread. The first shoots were appearing fresh and green and the scent of lily-of-thevalley hung sweet in the air. It was then that they met her—an old didicoy, making her way out of the village.
Tessa Harris, 2011
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Living the Dream
selling his boat and moving onto the Bank.1 Although pleased to be moving back to our original spot, we were also very sorry to be parting from our friends at what we always called the Didicoy end of the mooring.2 Having moved the few ...
Trevor Pavitt, 2007
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The Chambers Dictionary
[See dither] diddicoy. didicoy or didicoi did'i-koi. didakai or didakei didn9-ki, n an itinerant tinker or scrap-dealer, not a true gypsy. [Romany] diddle1 did1!, vt to cajole, swindle; to waste time, to dawdle (NAm). — n didd ler. [Origin uncertain] ...
Allied Chambers, 1998
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Loser
The intense pain caused the didicoy to cry out, giving Sam the split second he needed to drop the stone and grab the didicoy's gun hand, twisting it inwards with all his strength. Lemmy, with blood pouring out of his nose, used two hands to try  ...
Ken McCoy, 2008
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The Diddakoi
A young Gypsy girl is shunned by the children in her village because she lives in a covered wagon. And when her guardian great-grandmother dies, she must adjust to a new life and learn to accept life's inequities.
Rumer Godden, 2007
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Catch A Falling Star
He took a letter from his pocket and pushed it across the table to Pikey. It was from school. The didicoy read it with a smile slowly contorting his harsh face. 'Lyin ' and fightin' eh?' he smirked. 'I wonder where she gets it from.' Malachy's eyes ...
Ken McCoy, 2011
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There Be Goblins in the Wood!
The first, 'The Rosie Chestnut Story,' tells the story of the events that led up to the transformation of the Didicoy (gypsy) folk from humans to tree people and to their new life in 'Between Time.' I know what you are saying 'But I haven't read about ...
Christopher Gray, 2012
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Wanderlust
His aim always, was to be entirely self-sufficient and self-reliant. I invited Jim to come and look over 'Roris' after work. He liked her a lot, and rowed us out to see ' Didicoy'. It was very cramped on board and he had nowhere to stand up at all.
Jane Pearce, 2013
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The Oaken Heart
This lasted from 7th September 1940 to 10th May 1941 when London was bombed for seventy-six corrsecritive nights. By the end of May 1941 43,000 people across the country had been killed by bombing. 'I-i-lik-ve': usually spelled didicoy.
Margery Allingham, 2011
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Monkery Bottom: A Memoir
These signs, directed mostly at the didicoy element, as they caused many of the problems on a Saturday night. Other pubs would have two separate sides; one for pickers, with all the old furnishings and glasses, the other side was for the ...
John Roders, 2010

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DIDICOY»

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... and is a wonderful, occasionally heartbreaking look at being an outsider. Its title is a variant of "didicoy", a slang term for the Romany people. «Telegraph.co.uk, Nov 14»
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Peaky Blinders Starts On BBC 2 Tonight, And It's Great, So I Called …
We glimpsed this world of Didicoy gypsies, scrap metal dealers and. Charlie Strong and Curly who feature in the series were real people that I ... «Bleeding Cool News, Sep 13»
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The Southampton newsagent who greets everyone with a smile
didicoy says. ... Make of that what you will. didicoy. Score: 0. Report this post. 8:54pm Wed 25 Aug 10. Cyber-Fug says... didicoy wrote: I went in ... «Daily Echo, Aug 10»
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Kevin Myers: We are all entitled to our delusions of ethnicity but it …
Romany, Didicoy or Roma? Gay? Bi? Transgender? Vegetarian? However, there are some questions which are still unacceptable. A census in ... «Irish Independent, Dec 09»

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