Meanings
proper noun
- ball gamesAmateur Australian and English cricket clubs.
"Well, and what do you think of it all, my boy?" he inquired, fanning himself with a wide-brimmed grey hat which had I Zingari colours round it […]
1938, Siegfried Sassoon, The Old Century and seven more years, London: Faber, page 175 (1968 edition)
Origin
From Italian i (“the”, nonstandard before z) + Italian zingari (“gypsies”), since the English club had no ground of its own.
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APA
I Zingari. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/I%20Zingari
MLA
“I Zingari.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/I%20Zingari. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “I Zingari,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/I%20Zingari.
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