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Dago

noun
(pl. dagos)
1.
(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 Dago," and then after a pause he remarked impressively, "He is an Arab," and then after a still longer pause, he said still more impressively, "He is the Emir Achmed Ben Daoud, hereditary prince of the tribe of Al-Yam, which ranges on the borders of that fertile and smiling region of Arabia known ...
— The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton • Wardon Allan Curtis

... Strange that he should have a feeling of greater companionship for a vagabond like this than for most people he met. Was it some temperamental thing in him? "Dago," as he called the Romany inwardly, there was still a bond between them. They understood the glory of a little instrument like this, and could forget the world in the light on a great picture. There was something in the air they breathed which gave them easier understanding of ...
— The Judgment House • Gilbert Parker

... story Mrs. Johnston relates the story of Dago, a pet monkey, owned jointly by two brothers. Dago tells his own story, and the account of his haps and mishaps is both ...
— Jerry's Reward • Evelyn Snead Barnett

... I," said Kettle. "There's nothing foolish with me about niggers. But there's a limit to everything, and this snuff-colored Dago goes too far. He's got to be squared with, and I'm going to ...
— A Master of Fortune • Cutcliffe Hyne

... he's dark enough to be a dago! Maybe he's a foreign count, or something, Liz, and he'll take you back to live in ...
— Trailin'! • Max Brand


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