单词 | mojado |
释义 | mojadon. U.S. colloquial. A Mexican immigrant who enters the United States illegally. Cf. wetback n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > migrant > [noun] > immigrant > illegal > other specific illegitimate1827 wetback1920 overstayer1959 mojado1971 wet1973 1971 San Antonio (Texas) Express & News 15 Aug. 6 b/6 The illegal entrant generally refers to himself as a ‘mojado’ or an ‘alambrista’. 1980 Business Week (Nexis) 23 June 80 The young mojados (wetbacks)..disrupt their communities while turning a dollar for the Anglo. 1990 M. Davis City of Quartz v. 315 The kids of the mojados look jealously at the power and notoriety of Cripdom. 1994 Hispanic Mar. 33/1 I'd like to show the world that not all illegal aliens, or mojados as they call us, are bad. That we too can overcome obstacles and succeed in this country. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1971 |
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