goolies

testicles. Hindi word 'goli' means a ball or small sphere. see also pills
she kicked him in the pills
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pal

Romany word for brother. Standard modern European word is 'praal'
he's no pal of mine, I wouldn't piss in his mouth if his teeth were on fire
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wonga

English Romany word for money. Originally means burning embers and in other european Romani dialects 'angaar' still has that meaning. In 18th and 19th century English 'coal' also meant money. Wonga is the romani calque.
moola, dosh, bread, wonga, I don't care as long as its money
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totty

hot woman or women. Romany word 'taati' meaning a woman who is warm.
lot of totty about (nice place)
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schtick

the party piece of an entertainer, patter, German - stueck. Enters English from Yiddish
singing is not my schtick
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nark

informer, someone who has got their nose into your business. Romany word 'naak' means nose. Not to be confused with the later American word with similar meaning which is an abbreviation for 'Narcotics Agent'
A coppers's nark
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Gypsy

Descendant of the original Indian travellers who arrived in Western Europe after the downfall of the Byzantine empire in the 15th Century. The called themselves the 'Lords of Little Egypt' which contracted to Egyptians, Gyptians and eventually Gypsies or Gyppos. Little Egypt was the name given to the area we now call Turkey.
My mother said
I never should
play with the Gypsies
in the wood
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