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dago: notes: [offensive]

synonyms: et quel par le mont ???

tags: [slang]

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Definition:

n. (U.S.) a name applied loosely to Spanish- and Italian-born men. [Prob. a corr. of Sp. Diego—L. Jacobus.]

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (1908)
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A nickname given to a person of Spanish (or, by extension, Portuguese or Italian) descent. [U. S.]

Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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1. (Britain, slang, offensive, ethnic slur) A person of Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, or other Mediterranean descent.
2. (US, Australia, slang, offensive, ethnic slur) A person of Italian descent.

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Melchett: Blackadder, you would jest over a young man's life?

Blackadder: For "young man" read "young idiot". Look, anyone stupid enough to let some mustachioed dago come up to them in a corridor, say, "Excuse me Meester," and hit them over the head with a big stick deserves everything they get.

BBC. Blackadder, season 2: Chains

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I don't give a shit how many dago gangsters kill each other. If it was up to me, I wouldn't lift a finger to keep your old man from getting knocked off.

Mario Puzo. The Godfather, p.126 (1969)

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SUB. Yes, the casa,

My precious Diego, will prove fair enough

To cozen you in. Do you mark? you shall

Be cozen'd, Diego.

FACE. Cozen'd, do you see,

My worthy Donzel, cozen'd.

SUR. Entiendo.

Ben Jonson. The Alchemist (1610)