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gypsy
adjective- unlicensed, unregulated, usually owned by the operator US
Most often applied to a taxicab or truck, although originally to a racehorse owner/jockey. - There are five half-mile tracks in Maryland, which run almost all year with unknown plugs and has-beens, raced by “Gypsy” horsemen. — Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer, Washington Confidential, p. 273, 1951
- Just the other night, three persons boarded a gypsy cab at Logan and waited until all passengers had left the terminal before departing. — Boston Globe, p. 62, 7 January 1962
- I see this gypsy cab doubeparked in front of the club. — Edwin Torres, After Hours, p. 263, 1979
- “Gypsy cab” drivers who have stopped to drink beer and snort a little perico talk near the barbershop[.] — Terry Williams, The Cocaine Kids, p. 24, 1989
- meddling, nosy, officious BARBADOS
- Why don’t you mind your own business? You too damn gypsy. — Frank A. Collymore, Barbadian Dialect, p. 56, 1965
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