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Examples of gyp
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Laura Mars quickly devolves into a prosaic whodunit with a gyp of an ending.
From the time.com
He has got this screw in his foot and it is apparently giving him some gyp.
From the guardian.co.uk
Press the gyp board around the box so its outside sits flush with the box.
From the dailyherald.com
You will find that all gyp board of any thickness has tapered long edges for taping compound.
From the dailyherald.com
If you don't want to use GYP in a piece of prose, you can simply replace it with a synonym.
From the wordplay.blogs.nytimes.com
Latex paint will not seal the gyp board, as it is porous.
From the dailyherald.com
Readers have given me gyp about my joke the other day.
From the independent.co.uk
His sore heel is still giving him gyp, so he'll be watching from the sidelines in a natty blue suit.
From the guardian.co.uk
Gyp, the gentle matriarch of the circus'small herd, died in 1934 at age 92, which is a long run in elephant years.
From the charlotteobserver.com
- Bunco: a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
- Victimize: deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
- (gyps) a genus of Accipitridae
- The Gyps vultures are a genus of Old World vultures in the bird family Accipitridae, which also includes eagles, kites, buzzards and hawks.
- A cheat or swindle; a rip-off; A college servant; gypsophila; Pain or discomfort; To cheat or swindle someone of something inappropriately; to play hooky, truant or skive
- A personal servant to College residents. Each gyp typically worked for all the occupants of a staircase. The institution has long since died out. However the term gyp-room remains for mini-kitchens shared by students.
- A female dog - term used especially in the south.
- College servant especially one attending undergraduates
- 1. trick or deceive, particularly in business dealings; hoodwink. This slang term comes from the Diggers stationed in Egypt during WWI, who were often deceived as to the value of the trinkets they purchased.
