spiggoty

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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Synonym of spic (“Latino, Latin American; Italian”).

American usage; Dated

"He deserted, and for the sake of a girl, a spiggoty girl?"
"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."
"Before Lefty Bill could drop his hammer, the spiggoty had turned around, drawed and let drive."

Uncertain, see spic for theories.

spiggoties (plural) spigotty (alternative)

spic

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