gippy tummy
noun/ˌdʒɪpi ˈtʌmi/
/ˌdʒɪpi ˈtʌmi/
(also gyppy tummy)
[countable, uncountable] (old-fashioned, British English, informal)- diarrhoea (= an illness in which waste matter is emptied from the body in liquid form) that affects visitors to hot countriesWord Origin1940s: gippy, abbreviation of Egyptian.
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