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plural Zips
(US, slang, sometimes derogatory) A Sicilian or Italian Mafioso who is relatively new to the United States. quotations
The proprietor was a "Zip" — a Sicilian-born mobster — who was running a gambling operation that cut into Godfather Gotti's turf.
1988, New York Magazine, volume 21, number 16, page 66