Argie

or Ar·gy

[ ahr-jee ]

noun,plural Ar·gies.Chiefly British Slang: Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive.
  1. a term used to refer to an Argentine.

Origin of Argie

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word story For Argie

This nickname is associated with its use in British tabloids in 1982, when Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands, a British colony.

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How to use Argie in a sentence

  • Sum folks when tha fite, will throw the fust brik bat tha kan git hold ov, jist so sum folks will du when tha argy.

    Josh Billings, Hiz Sayings | Henry Wheeler Shaw
  • I argy in this way, if a man is right he cant be too radikal, if he is rong he kant be too conservatiff.

    Josh Billings, Hiz Sayings | Henry Wheeler Shaw
  • Yu may argy a bull Tarrier out ov a bone, but yu kant argy a woman out ov her will.

    Josh Billings, Hiz Sayings | Henry Wheeler Shaw
  • Theoretikally konsidered, it kan out-argy all the logik in existence.

  • "Look here, cap'n, let's argy that matter a little," said Stubbs.

    Facing the World | Horatio Alger