10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GYPPO»
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gyppo in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
gyppo and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
THE PIGSWILL REVOLUTION
What's your name, Gyppo? Hey Gyppo! CHILDREN. Gyppo, Gyppo, Gyppo. You'
re a Gyppo! The crowd of children forms into a large circle. John and another
child are in the open centre of the circle. CHILDREN. Gyppo. Gyppo. Gyppo.
2
Big Louie and Me: Caravans, Curses and Cockfights
'Which one of you is the Gyppo?' Before I could answer, he continued, with a
smile on his face. 'We've never had a Gyppo before, this could be quite
interesting. Come on, don't be shy. Which one of you is it?' I stepped forward and
said, 'I'm ...
3
A River Runs Through It and Other Stories, Twenty-fifth ...
To gyppo, which wasn't meant to be a nice-sounding word and could be used as
either a noun or a verb, was to be paid by the number of thousands of board feet
you cut a day. Naturally, you chose to gyppo only if you thought you could beat ...
After all, we were known to the guys out in the valley and to our contemporaries
from school, we had the links into the club to get the stuff from Gyppo, so it wasn't
long before we had a reasonable network of customers to supply. But it was all ...
Iain Parke, Martin Robertson, 2010
5
Knock on Wood: Nature as Commodity in Douglas-Fir Country
800,000 700,000 — 600,000 - 500,000 — '7 400,000 — 300,000 Vie Value
Added (58 millions) 200,000 - 100,000 — ' working conditions when one
compares company logging “sides” (crews) with those of the so-called gyppo,
independent, ...
6
The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
10, 2002 gypo; gyppo; jippo; gippo; gyppy; gypper noun a gypsy; gypsy uk, 1916
Derogatory, casually racist. • There's a difference, you see, between white rats
and 'orrible, squirmy, scumbag, gyppo rats that run about in fields and live in ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
7
Anatomy of a Conflict: Identity, Knowledge, and Emotion in ...
Organized labour, which represents many of the millworkers but not, by definition,
independent gyppo loggers and small contractors, supported President Clinton's
election in 1992 and again in 1996. Meanwhile, the nationally powerful ...
8
The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and ...
Also'jyp' UK, 1910 gyp; gipverb tocheat (someone), to swindle US,1880 gypo;
gyppo; jippo;gippo; gyppy;gypper noun agypsy; gypsy. Derogatory, casually
racist UK, 1916 gypobashing noun racially motivated physical attacks on gypsies.
Terry Victor, Tom Dalzell, 2007
9
Scarecrow Army: The Anzacs at Gallipoli
That just winds the Gyppo up more but there's nothing he can do but wave his fist
at us and get his shoe back. “Hey Jim, the war's going to be over before we leave
this place,” I say cheekily, knowing Jimmy's horrified about that happening.
gYPPO. loggers). Cook, Capt. James, 162 Cookees, 210, 211, 212 Cooks, 198,
209, 212, 213, 214, 216 Cord cradles, 83, 96, 117 Cords (pulpwood), 81, 83, 85,
86 Coulonge River, 143 Cowichan Lake, B.C., 221, 253 Cramier, 199 Crazy ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GYPPO»
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gyppo is used in the context of the following news items.
Paul Bunyan Form Brings Coeur d'Alene Comfort
... can be seen hovering over Coeur d'Alene today in the beloved form of Paul Bunyan, gyppo logger and well-known timberland clear-cutter. «The Spokesman Review, May 15»
Gail K. Barnett
Gail moved to Libby in 1960, he worked for J. Neils Lumber Company as a logger for eight years. He then worked as a gyppo logger and truck ... «The Western News, May 15»
Phil Buckley's Big Idea
... paying punters who were not party of the Gobby Squad, after he called her out for racism for randomly spouting the terms 'gyppo' and 'pikey'. «Chortle, May 15»
The Dirt Lady expands
Grandma Mae Abramson at the gyppo shack. SANDY – Michelle Gunderson opened a new business just three years ago, The Dirt Lady ... «Hometown Focus, Apr 15»
The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan review …
The cast of Australian good blokes – Rooster MacNiece, Darky Gardiner, Squizzy Taylor, Gyppo Nolan, Jackie Mororski and others – also ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
The redemption of deputy commissioner Nick Kaldas
He does self-deprecation deftly, occasionally referring to himself as a "gyppo" ("I know we all look the same," he tells a security seminar while ... «WA today, Apr 15»
GSD resolution with brewery amended
27 district meeting, the board had approved a contract with Gyppo Ale Mill to dispose of the industrial waste from the brewery aspect of the ... «Redwood Times, Mar 15»
Fifth Annual Old Time Loggers Reunion honors Merlin Durrah and …
After the Crown shutdown, Durrah bought a 1967 Kenworth and began hauling logs for various gyppo outfits. He remembers hauling a number ... «Chinook Observer, Feb 15»
Casey Roats
Instead, he explains, they were what people called "gyppo loggers," meaning that they ran their own modest logging company with a handful of ... «The Source Weekly, Dec 14»
'This got the old head thinking'
Being a small gyppo I did whatever was the simplest and cheapest way of getting something done. “There was a small reman mill on the ... «Prince George Citizen, Dec 14»
