See Portagee on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "Variant of Portuguese, or perhaps back-formation from Portuguese taking it as a plural.",
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"Por‧ta‧gee"
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"ref": "1993, Common Lives, Lesbian Lives- Issues 47-49, page 37:",
"text": "She lives in New Bedford, and her dad's not around much and her mum calls her boyfriend a Portagee, a fuckin' greenhorn, and she says, Ma, he's 3rd generation, but her mum just rolls her eyes and fixes a drink, fills her glass with ice from the icemaker they have, pours some bourbon from the bottle on the glass-and-mirror shelf above the sink, turns on one of the gold seahorse faucets just a swoosh, and goes into the living room with the paper.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1935, John Steinbeck, Tortilla Flat, →ISBN:",
"text": "The Portagee sighed happily. He was home again.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2002, Lanai Tabura, Augusto E. Tulba, Lanai and Angies Joke of the Day, →ISBN, page 40:",
"text": "What did the Portagee say when he opened a box of Cheerios? \"Look, a box of doughnut seeds!\"",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2005, John A. Broussard, Death and Near Death: A Yoshinobu Mystery, →ISBN, page 121:",
"text": "“You damn, dumb Portagee,” he was saying, “How could you have fallen for one of the oldest tricks in the book?",
"type": "quote"
}
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"(dated, ethnic slur, derogatory) A person from Portugal or a person of Portuguese descent."
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"ipa": "/ˈpɔɹtəɡi/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
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"ipa": "/ˈpɔːtəɡi/",
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"Received-Pronunciation"
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"etymology_text": "Variant of Portuguese, or perhaps back-formation from Portuguese taking it as a plural.",
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"ref": "2006, Jerry Hopkins, The Da Lima Code, →ISBN, page 49:",
"text": "Did you hear about the man who was half Portagee and half Italian? He made himself an offer he couldn't understand.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2008, Mary Frosch, Coming of Age in the 21st Century: Growing Up in America Today:",
"text": "Melvin has a very Portagee accent.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2013, Joseph A. Conforti, Another City Upon a Hill: A New England Memoir, →ISBN:",
"text": "The religious shrines that sprouted in front yards across St. Anthony's parish were too Portagee or greenhornish for my mother.",
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"(dated, derogatory, ethnic slur) Portuguese."
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"ipa": "/ˈpɔɹtəɡi/",
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"etymology_text": "Variant of Portuguese, or perhaps back-formation from Portuguese taking it as a plural.",
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"ref": "1993, Common Lives, Lesbian Lives- Issues 47-49, page 37:",
"text": "She lives in New Bedford, and her dad's not around much and her mum calls her boyfriend a Portagee, a fuckin' greenhorn, and she says, Ma, he's 3rd generation, but her mum just rolls her eyes and fixes a drink, fills her glass with ice from the icemaker they have, pours some bourbon from the bottle on the glass-and-mirror shelf above the sink, turns on one of the gold seahorse faucets just a swoosh, and goes into the living room with the paper.",
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{
"ref": "1935, John Steinbeck, Tortilla Flat, →ISBN:",
"text": "The Portagee sighed happily. He was home again.",
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},
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"ref": "2002, Lanai Tabura, Augusto E. Tulba, Lanai and Angies Joke of the Day, →ISBN, page 40:",
"text": "What did the Portagee say when he opened a box of Cheerios? \"Look, a box of doughnut seeds!\"",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2005, John A. Broussard, Death and Near Death: A Yoshinobu Mystery, →ISBN, page 121:",
"text": "“You damn, dumb Portagee,” he was saying, “How could you have fallen for one of the oldest tricks in the book?",
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}
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"A person from Portugal or a person of Portuguese descent."
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"(dated, ethnic slur, derogatory) A person from Portugal or a person of Portuguese descent."
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"tags": [
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"ipa": "/ˈpɔːtəɡi/",
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"synonyms": [
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"word": "Portugee"
}
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"etymology_text": "Variant of Portuguese, or perhaps back-formation from Portuguese taking it as a plural.",
"forms": [
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"form": "more Portagee",
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},
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"form": "most Portagee",
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"ref": "2006, Jerry Hopkins, The Da Lima Code, →ISBN, page 49:",
"text": "Did you hear about the man who was half Portagee and half Italian? He made himself an offer he couldn't understand.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2008, Mary Frosch, Coming of Age in the 21st Century: Growing Up in America Today:",
"text": "Melvin has a very Portagee accent.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2013, Joseph A. Conforti, Another City Upon a Hill: A New England Memoir, →ISBN:",
"text": "The religious shrines that sprouted in front yards across St. Anthony's parish were too Portagee or greenhornish for my mother.",
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