Dagon.

Brit.

/ˈdeɪɡəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈdeɪɡoʊ/

Forms: Also dago

Etymology: Supposed to be a corruption of Diego a Spanish equivalent of James: applied as a generic proper name to Spaniards.

slang (originally U.S.).

1. A name originally given in the south-western section of the United States to a man of Spanish parentage; now extended to include Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian people in general, or as a disparaging term for any foreigner. Also attributive.

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the world > people > ethnicities > Latin and Romance people > [noun] > person

Dago1832

spiggoty1900

wop1914

ginzo1931

1723 Bumstead in New-Eng. Historical & Geneal. Reg. (1861) XV. 199 The negro Dago hanged for fiering Mr Powell's house.]

1832 E. C. Wines Two Years in Navy (1833) I. vi. 145 These Dagos [of Minorca], as they are pleasantly called by our people, were always a great pest.

1858 Knickerbocker Jan. 7 And so, Bill, you served as a ingineer with these ere blamed dagos, you say.

1882 W. A. Baillie-Grohman Camps in Rockies 372 I waited until a lot of Dago emigrants passed.

1888 American 18 July (Farmer) The shrimps..are caught by Dagos.

1890 Nation (N.Y.) 25 Sept. 237/1 Mr. Reed makes no effort to conceal his contempt for this proposition to trade with a lot of ‘Dagoes’, as he calls them.

1899 Westm. Gaz. 11 Dec. 3/2 Whilst licensed pilots take to drink, And Dago crews to prayer.

1902 J. Masefield Salt-water Ballads 45 Jake was a dirty Dago lad, an' he gave the skipper chin.

1904 T. Roosevelt Let. 2 Sept. in H. F. Pringle T. Roosevelt (1931) 294 It will show these Dagos that they will have to behave decently.

1909 H. G. Wells Tono-Bungay (U.K. ed.) iii. iv. 406 'E's a foreigner... That's what E is—a Dago!

1911 C. E. W. Bean ‘Dreadnought’ of Darling xxiv. 212 ‘Afghan’ in the West is about as wide as ‘Dago’ on the coast.

1932 D. L. Sayers Have his Carcase viii. 92 The decease of a damned dago, hr'rm, in an adjectival four-by-three watering-place like Wilvercombe.

1934 N. Marsh Man lay Dead iii. 51 ‘Such indiscretion has doubtless been suitably chastised,’ remarked the Russian... Charles Rankin..slipped his arm through Nigel's. ‘Not a very delicious gentleman, that dago,’ he said loudly.

1940 N. Mitford Pigeon Pie iii. 41 There are Chinks and Japs and Fuzzy Wuzzies and Ice Creamers and Dagos, and so on.

1968 Listener 19 Dec. 819/2 England should have won. All that stopped us was that the dagos [sc. Paraguayans] got more goals than us.

2. The Spanish or Italian language.

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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > postulated Italo-Celtic > Romance > Spanish

Spanish1485

Dago1900

spic1916

1900 Dial. Notes 2 31 Dago, the Italian language.

1901 ‘H. McHugh’ John Henry 32 She said she was svelte. I suppose that's Dago for a shine.

1923 M. Watts Luther Nichols 119 They were eternally being enjoined to say it in French, say it in German, say it in dago!

3. dago red n. U.S. cheap red wine, esp. Italian.

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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > class or grade of wine > [noun] > cheap or inferior wine

drum-winea1640

red ink1849

Gladstone (claret)1864

pinkie1897

dago red1906

pinard1917

ink1918

plonk1927

grocer's Graves1931

grocer's wine1931

nelly1941

Red Ned1941

vaaljapie1945

purple death1947

grocer's sherry1958

papsak2004

1906 F. W. Aitken & E. Hilton Hist. Earthquake San Francisco vi. 120 Casks of wine (real ‘Dago red’).

1910 E. A. Walcott Open Door xii. 146 You know I'm..pleased when the meal can be washed down only with diluted ‘dago red’.

1963 Freedomways III. iii. 410 Bad niggers stopped their drinking Dago red.

1966 J. Dos Passos Best Times iii. 83 As we poured down the dago red he would become mischievous.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dago
释义	Dagon. Brit. /ˈdeɪɡəʊ/, U.S. /ˈdeɪɡoʊ/ Forms: Also dago Etymology: Supposed to be a corruption of Diego a Spanish equivalent of James: applied as a generic proper name to Spaniards. slang (originally U.S.). 1. A name originally given in the south-western section of the United States to a man of Spanish parentage; now extended to include Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian people in general, or as a disparaging term for any foreigner. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Latin and Romance people > [noun] > person Dago1832 spiggoty1900 wop1914 ginzo1931 1723 Bumstead in New-Eng. Historical & Geneal. Reg. (1861) XV. 199 The negro Dago hanged for fiering Mr Powell's house.] 1832 E. C. Wines Two Years in Navy (1833) I. vi. 145 These Dagos [of Minorca], as they are pleasantly called by our people, were always a great pest. 1858 Knickerbocker Jan. 7 And so, Bill, you served as a ingineer with these ere blamed dagos, you say. 1882 W. A. Baillie-Grohman Camps in Rockies 372 I waited until a lot of Dago emigrants passed. 1888 American 18 July (Farmer) The shrimps..are caught by Dagos. 1890 Nation (N.Y.) 25 Sept. 237/1 Mr. Reed makes no effort to conceal his contempt for this proposition to trade with a lot of ‘Dagoes’, as he calls them. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 11 Dec. 3/2 Whilst licensed pilots take to drink, And Dago crews to prayer. 1902 J. Masefield Salt-water Ballads 45 Jake was a dirty Dago lad, an' he gave the skipper chin. 1904 T. Roosevelt Let. 2 Sept. in H. F. Pringle T. Roosevelt (1931) 294 It will show these Dagos that they will have to behave decently. 1909 H. G. Wells Tono-Bungay (U.K. ed.) iii. iv. 406 'E's a foreigner... That's what E is—a Dago! 1911 C. E. W. Bean ‘Dreadnought’ of Darling xxiv. 212 ‘Afghan’ in the West is about as wide as ‘Dago’ on the coast. 1932 D. L. Sayers Have his Carcase viii. 92 The decease of a damned dago, hr'rm, in an adjectival four-by-three watering-place like Wilvercombe. 1934 N. Marsh Man lay Dead iii. 51 ‘Such indiscretion has doubtless been suitably chastised,’ remarked the Russian... Charles Rankin..slipped his arm through Nigel's. ‘Not a very delicious gentleman, that dago,’ he said loudly. 1940 N. Mitford Pigeon Pie iii. 41 There are Chinks and Japs and Fuzzy Wuzzies and Ice Creamers and Dagos, and so on. 1968 Listener 19 Dec. 819/2 England should have won. All that stopped us was that the dagos [sc. Paraguayans] got more goals than us. 2. The Spanish or Italian language. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > postulated Italo-Celtic > Romance > Spanish Spanish1485 Dago1900 spic1916 1900 Dial. Notes 2 31 Dago, the Italian language. 1901 ‘H. McHugh’ John Henry 32 She said she was svelte. I suppose that's Dago for a shine. 1923 M. Watts Luther Nichols 119 They were eternally being enjoined to say it in French, say it in German, say it in dago! 3. dago red n. U.S. cheap red wine, esp. Italian. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > class or grade of wine > [noun] > cheap or inferior wine drum-winea1640 red ink1849 Gladstone (claret)1864 pinkie1897 dago red1906 pinard1917 ink1918 plonk1927 grocer's Graves1931 grocer's wine1931 nelly1941 Red Ned1941 vaaljapie1945 purple death1947 grocer's sherry1958 papsak2004 1906 F. W. Aitken & E. Hilton Hist. Earthquake San Francisco vi. 120 Casks of wine (real ‘Dago red’). 1910 E. A. Walcott Open Door xii. 146 You know I'm..pleased when the meal can be washed down only with diluted ‘dago red’. 1963 Freedomways III. iii. 410 Bad niggers stopped their drinking Dago red. 1966 J. Dos Passos Best Times iii. 83 As we poured down the dago red he would become mischievous. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1832
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