Gypsies Sentence Examples

More than once he had driven them through the town with gypsies and "ladykins" as he called the cocottes.

At the beginning of the 19th century it was but a poor village, and in 1812 when it was acquired by Russia from Moldavia it had only 7000 inhabitants; twenty years later its population numbered 35,000, while in 1862 it had with its suburbs 92,000 inhabitants, and in 1900 125,787, composed of the most varied nationalities - Moldavians, Walachians, Russians, Jews (43%), Bulgarians, Tatars, Germans and Gypsies.

It consists of various races, nearly one-half (920,919 in 1897) being Moldavians, the others Little Russians, Jews (37% in the towns and 1 2% in the rural districts), Bulgarians (103,225), Germans (60, 206), with some Gypsies (Zigani), Greeks, Armenians, Tatars and Albanians.

And here are the gypsies!

The other races are Tajiks, Kashgarians, Kipchaks, Jews and Gypsies.

Last year there were almost 2,000 illegal encampments on land privately owned by Gypsies - up 40% on the previous year.

Pierre went home, but Rostov with Dolokhov and Denisov stayed on at the club till late, listening to the gypsies and other singers.

He was not at the ice hills, nor at the gypsies', nor at Komoneno's.

Rumba Catalan is a variation of a particular form of flamenco rumba played by gypsies in Barcelona.

Rural Gypsy band 1880's Agricultural depression brings poverty to many Gypsies, who move to squatter areas near towns.

Under a transept roof is the Gypsies ' Gallery, which provided seats for the poor of the parish.

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Although gypsies traveled all over Europe and the Americas, the traditional gypsy costume for both men and women, remained surprisingly standard.

As gypsies were wanderers, it made sense that they were less influenced by changes in fashion.

What we think of as a gypsy outfit, whether it's something you get at a costume shop or make yourself out of whatever's handy, is not far off from what gypsies actually wear.

Besides primary red, the only color gypsies avoid is white, as this is associated with mourning and death.

Gypsies were proud of their extensive travels and wore their clothes like a photo album.

Gypsies did not tend to roam the Middle East, for one, and more importantly, the only part of a woman's body that was acceptable to be on display was the bosom.

Because gypsies who worked as fortune-tellers for non-gypsies played up their "exotic" dress to impress and intimidate customers, it is assumed that this is how they dressed at all times, when that was not actually the case.

Because gypsies were objects of both fear and fascination, it is no wonder that the gypsy costume was one of the earliest non-fantastical costumes to be worn by children for Halloween.

In the 19th century, gypsies were still a part of American life, so a fairly exact costume was easy to replicate.

Czernowitz has a mixed population, which consists of Germans, Ruthenians, Rumanians, Poles, Jews, Armenians and Gypsies.

The town presents, therefore, a cosmopolitan and on market days a very varied appearance, when side by side with people turned out in the latest fashions from Paris or Vienna, we meet peasants of various nationalities, attired in their national costume, intermingled with very scantilyclad Gypsies.

Of the total population, civil and military, 578,458 were Magyars, 104,520 were Germans, 25,168 were Slovaks, and the remainder was composed of Croatians, Servians, Rumanians, Russians, Greeks, Armenians, Gypsies, &c. According to religion, there were 445,023 Roman Catholics, 5806 Greek Catholics, 4422 Greek Orthodox; 67,319 were Protestants of the Helvetic, and 38,811 were Protestants of the Augsburg Confessions; 168,985 were Jews, and the remainder belonged to various other creeds.

Gypsies - some Moslem, some Christian - are also numerous, especially in the south.

Accurate statistics cannot be obtained; but it is estimated that in the nine vilayets, which include Turkish Armenia, there are 925,000 Gregorian, Roman Catholic and Protestant Armenians, 645,000 other Christians, ioo,000 Jews, Gypsies, &c., and 4,460,000 Moslems. The Armenians, taking the most favourable estimate, are in a majority in nine kazas or sub-districts only (seven near Van, and two near Mush) out of 159.

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Unlike people who stayed in one place and were dependent upon whatever local fruits or plants there were to color fabric, gypsies traveled all over Europe and parts of Asia and so had access to fabrics and colors from every region.

After obtaining the Ireland scholarship and Newdigate prize for an English poem (The Gypsies), he was in 1839 elected fellow of University College, and in the same year took orders.