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Gipser

A pouch or purse, usually hung from the girdle. Also gypcyere, gypsire, gipciere and the like. Chaucer, in the Prologue to THE CANTERBURY TALES (1386): A gipser al of silk Heeng at his girdel. James Planche's HISTORY OF BRITISH COSTUME (1834) lists A gypsire of purple velvet garnished with gold.
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