(Cambridge University, Durham University) A small kitchen for use by college students.
(Cambridge University, Durham University) The room in which such college servants work.
(Cambridge University, Durham University, historical) A domestic servant, generally male, who would attend upon (usually several) students, brushing their clothes, carrying parcels, waiting at parties and other tasks; generally equivalent to a scout in the historical sense at Oxford University or a skip at Trinity College, Dublin.
(derogatory, sometimes offensive) A cheat or swindle; a rip-off.
Coordinate terms: porter, bedder
Gypsophila.
Pain or discomfort.
Synonym of gypsy (“contra dance step”)
verb
(derogatory, sometimes offensive) To cheat or swindle.
