gyppo, verb

/ˈdʒɪpəʊ/
Origin:
Perhaps from U.S. army slang gyp to cheat, trick, swindle, from either gipsy or Gyppo Egyptian (World War II, North Africa).
army slang
a. intransitive. To shirk duty; to contrive a way of avoiding something unpleasant.
1971 C. Britz Informant, NamibiaThere was a lawyer from East London. We couldn’t handle him — he gyppo’d out of everything.
1979 E. Prov. Herald 17 May 9If a soldier was ‘gyppoing’ — shirking his exercises — he should be given the benefit of the doubt as in a court case when a man was not guilty until he had been found guilty.
1979 Daily Dispatch 26 June 15If some detainees know their mate is gypoing (malingering) and he’s being given the opportunity to sit out, they might also start taking chances.
1980 Sunday Times 12 Oct. (Mag. Sect.) 5‘I got here by mistake,’ said a young guy from Hillbrow. ‘I tried to gyppo and got sent here. Best thing that ever happened to me.’
b. transitive. To avoid (something).
1986 Informant, Grahamstown (now Makhanda, Eastern Cape)He never invoiced me because he wanted to gyppo the GST on the thing.
To shirk duty; to contrive a way of avoiding something unpleasant.
To avoid (something).
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