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Re: Old local expressions
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Originally Posted by garinda
'They took their dressing off, to show me their carbuncle, weeping with pus, and I started jipping.'
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Unsourced, but it's listed on here, as 'gip', as a verb, meaning to vomit.
A dictionary of slang - "G" - Slang and colloquialisms of the UK.
Also ' gyp' - Noun. Hassle, bother. E.g."My leg's been giving me gyp since I got kicked during the game." Cf. 'jip'. [Informal]
gip (dʒɪp) — vBulletin , gips , gipping , gipped 1. a variant spelling of gyp 2. informal ( Northern English ) to vomit or feel like vomiting.
Gip | Define Gip at Dictionary.com
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