单词 | meskin |
释义 | Meskinn.adj. U.S. colloquial (usually derogatory). A Mexican; a Mexican-American. Also attributive or as adj. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of Central America > [noun] > Mexico Mexican1578 yellowbelly1842 Mex1847 Mexicano1847 cholo1860 bean-eater1919 Meskin1953 beaner1965 1953 J. M. Brewer Word on Brazos 89 De fuss ones he speak to is dese three gamblers from de Brazos Bottoms, Levi, de Jew; José, de Meskin, an Dick, de Nigguh. 1962 E. B. Atwood Regional Vocab. Texas 73 The word Mexican (often shortened to Mescan).., may or may not be contemptuous. 1972 Place 2 86/1 You can eat chili, barbecue, Meskin food. 1986 D. A. Dye Platoon (1987) iv. 40 Ah know y'all will prob'ly have to serve with some Meskins. 1993 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 16 Dec. 36/1 It had been the strategy of the first civil rights groups for Mexican Americans..to try to prove to Anglos that they had none of the ugly qualities associated with Meskins. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1953 |
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