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spiggoty en · NOUN

Etymology

Uncertain, see spic for theories.

Meanings

1. (US, dated, ethnic, slur) Synonym of spic (“Latino, Latin American; Italian”).
   • You make the mistake of all Gringos in thinking a Mexican is a white man. He ain’t. None of them ain’t—Greasers, Spiggoties, Latin-Americans and all the rest of the cattle. 1919 [1918], Jack London, The Red One, London: Mills and Boon:
   • He deserted, and for the sake of a girl, a spiggoty girl? 1914, The Black Cat (volume 20, page 36)
   • Before Lefty Bill could drop his hammer, the spiggoty had turned around, drawed and let drive. 1938, L. Ron Hubbard, Six-Gun Caballero:

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spic