Kipsy

Alternative forms

• kipsie

Origin

From kips("plural of kip (lodging-house or sleep)") + -y("diminutive suffix").

“%22kipsies%22+house+OR+lodging+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22kipsy%22|%22kipsies%22+house+OR+lodging+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=9aqWT-67OamuiAfq96ijCg&redir_esc=y kipsy”, entry in 1989, Joan Hughes, Australian Words and Their Origins, page 293.

Full definition of kipsy

Noun

1. (Australia) A house or shelter.

Verb

1. To board, to reside.
• 2007, Pip Wilson, Faces in the Street: Louisa and Henry Lawson and the Castlereagh Street Push, %22Bishop+Barkers%22&hl=en&ei=C_PJTtLKLefdmAX24MSuDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Bishop%20Barker%22|%22Bishop%20Barkers%22&f=false page 155,“...It′s some kind of boarding-house that she kipsies in—”

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