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Portugeezer en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Blend of Portuguese + geezer.

Meanings

1. (UK, derogatory, slang, sometimes) A Portuguese person.
   • This liberating relinquishing of control seemed to chill everybody right out – the Germans took to canoodling and beachcombing, the Portugeezer shared out the last of his biscuits, I spent a couple of hours listening to the waves then idly chatting with the Belgians about Joey Dunlop and Manx Nortons. 2008, Dan Walsh, Endless Horizon: A Very Messy Motorcycle Journey Around the World, Motorbooks, published 2009, →ISBN, page 25:
   • Here he established trading posts, and in less than a year or so all the Portugeezers were eating chutney on their beefsteaks, and calling it an Indian meal. 1904, Frank C. Voorhies, Twisted History, G. W. Dillingham Company, page 38:
   • For a while Redknapp tried to pair Dowie, who possessed all the speed of a steamroller, with the sublimely fast Portugeezer Hugo Porfirio — Porfirio's permanent expression of bemusement and sometimes downright amazement at his strike partner is still vivid. 2002, Pete May, West Ham: Irons in the Soul, Mainstream Publishing Company, →ISBN:

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