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Definition of Gorgio
1. a non-gypsy [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gorgio
Literary usage of Gorgio
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Library Magazine (1886)
"clad in parti-colored rags sat beside him, and " Gorgio " though he was, he seemed
to have no difficulty in comprehending their universal lingo. ..."
2. Tent Life with English Gipsies in Norway by Hubert Smith (1874)
"... sooner had we unpacked, and our things were under our waterproof, than a gorgio
was announced. As if by magic, a middle height, thick set man appeared ..."
3. The Bookman (1899)
"It is recorded that years after the events told in Aylwin, a Gorgio friend ...
There ain'ta Gorgio lady in the land,' sez I, 'as is fit to hold the candle ..."
4. The Coming of Love: Rhona Boswell's Story : and Other Poems by Theodore Watts-Dunton (1899)
"The Gorgio friend said, in mock reproachful- ness : " You forget for the moment
your good breeding, ... "It ain't perlite to say Gorgio at all to a Gorgio. ..."
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