A person of mixed Romani and non-Romani descent, or someone who lives a semi-nomadic lifestyle; also spelled 'diddicoy' or 'diddakoi.'
From Romani origins, possibly related to 'dik' (to look) or derived from Romani terminology. The word entered English from Romani communities in Britain and has various regional spellings.
This word highlights how English borrowed terminology from the Romani people to describe hybrid identities—it's a linguistic window into how settled communities categorized and named traveling groups they encountered.
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