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  • dago
    dago
    noun
    a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of Italian or sometimes Spanish origin or descent.
  • Dagö
    Dagö
    noun
    Swedish name of Hiiumaa.

dago

1 American  
[dey-goh] / ˈdeɪ goʊ /

noun

(often initial capital letter)
dagos, plural dagoes plural
  1. a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of Italian or sometimes Spanish origin or descent.


Dagö 2 American  
[dahg-œ] / ˈdɑgˌœ /

noun

  1. Swedish name of Hiiumaa.


dago British  
/ ˈdeɪɡəʊ /

noun

  1. derogatory a member of a Latin race, esp a Spaniard or Portuguese

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of dago

1715–25, alteration of Diego < Spanish: a given name

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"Hey!" he cries, and pats his knee, "Igo and Ago, My twin bairnies, ride wi' me— Iram, coram, dago!"

From The Book of Joyous Children by Vawter, Will

Where'er he be, the Lord be near him!—Igo, and ago, As for the deil, he daur na steer him.—Iram, coram, dago.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

So may he hae auld stanes in store, Igo and ago, The very stanes that Adam bore, Iram, coram, dago.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert

So may ye hae auld stanes in store,—Igo, and ago, The very stanes that Adam bore.—Iram, coram, dago, So may ye get in glad possession,—Igo, and ago, The coins o' Satan's coronation!—Iram coram dago.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

Is he south or is he north?—Igo, and ago, Or drowned in the river Forth?—Iram, coram dago.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

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