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spiggoty

spiggoty noun: synonym of spic (“Latino, Latin American; Italian”).

Noun

spiggoty (plural spiggoties)

  1. (US, dated, ethnic, slur) Synonym of spic (“Latino, Latin American; Italian”).
    • He deserted, and for the sake of a girl, a spiggoty girl?1914, The Black Cat (volume 20, page 36)
    • 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
    Synonyms:
    spic

Synonyms of spiggoty

Forms of spiggoty

pluralspiggoties
alternative formspigotty

Origin of spiggoty

Uncertain, see spic for theories.

Questions about spiggoty

What does spiggoty mean?
Spiggoty means synonym of spic (“Latino, Latin American; Italian”).
What part of speech is spiggoty?
Spiggoty is a noun.
What is the plural of spiggoty?
The plural of spiggoty is spiggoties.

Words near spiggoty in the dictionary

  1. Spigelian lobe
  2. Spigelian lobes
  3. spigger
  4. spiggers
  5. spiggoties
  6. spiggoty
  7. spight
  8. spighted
  9. spightful
  10. spightfull
  11. spighting

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