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dago

[dey-goh]
noun, plural da·gos, da·goes. (often initial capital letter) Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive.
  1. a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of Italian or sometimes Spanish origin or descent.
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Origin of dago

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

Dagö

[dahg-œ]
noun
  1. Danish name of Hiiumaa.
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Examples from the Web for dagos

Historical Examples

  • That's my little dodge, boiling water for these Dagos, if they come.

    Romance

    Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer

  • On this day a mob had been chasing the Dagos, and had at length captured one.

    Whispering Smith

    Frank H. Spearman

  • She laughed merrily; "they live where the Dagos live, in Italy, yer know, and—"

    Flamsted quarries

    Mary E. Waller

  • There are others who are entitled to as good a chance as the Dagos, and they must have it.

    In Search of El Dorado

    Harry Collingwood

  • Quite a few of the Dagos had knives, and Jernyngham had a sword.

British Dictionary definitions for dagos

dago

noun plural -gos or -goes
  1. derogatory a member of a Latin race, esp a Spaniard or Portuguese
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Word Origin

C19: alteration of Diego, a common Spanish name
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Word Origin and History for dagos

dago

n.

1823, from Spanish Diego "James." Originally used of Spanish or Portuguese sailors on English or American ships; by 1900 it had broadened to include non-sailors and shifted to mean chiefly "Italian." James the Greater is the patron saint of Spain, and Diego as generic for "a Spaniard" is attested from 1610s.

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