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Dago

noun

(pl. dagos)

(ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent. Synonyms: ginzo, greaseball, Guinea, wop.

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"Dago" Quotes from Famous Books

... a line of hills shutting it in. Looks like a saucer with a high rim. The dago chiefs are encamped in the middle ...

— Boy Scouts in the Philippines - Or, The Key to the Treaty Box • G. Harvey Ralphson

... grinning. He was quite indifferent to the money, but he liked to see Beaumont-Greene squirm. He continued suavely, "You ought to settle before you leave. Ain't your people in Rome? Yes. And you're going to join 'em. Why, hang it, some Dago may stick a knife into you, and where should we be then—hey? Your governor wouldn't settle a gambling ...

— The Hill - A Romance of Friendship • Horace Annesley Vachell

... that the enemy was escaping, he gave a finishing touch to the muzzle and quickly took his station in the turret. Presently he turned to a young gunner near him and said: "Charley, I bet you a month's pay that I make a better shot at the dago beggars than ...

— Young Peoples' History of the War with Spain • Prescott Holmes

Words linked to "Dago" : slang, ginzo, depreciation, patois, jargon, cant, argot, ethnic slur, Italian, guinea, disparagement, vernacular, lingo, derogation