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plural dagoes or dagos
(UK, Ireland, slang, offensive, ethnic slur) A person of Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek, or other Mediterranean descent. quotations
And all foreigners to him were "dem bloody dagoes"—for, according to his theory, foreigners were responsible for unemployment.
1933 January 9, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter XXVIII, in Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz […]
(US, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines, slang, offensive, ethnic slur) A person of Italian descent. quotations
"Matilda's making us omelettes, that all right, Miss Tomson.""Are they going to reek.""Dear me, I hope not. I instructed her to leave out particularly strong ingredients.""Just so I don't leave here smelling like a dago."
1963, J P Donleavy, A Singular Man, published 1963 (USA), page 19