"dago dazzler" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: dago dazzlers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dago dazzler (plural dago dazzlers)
  1. (slang, offensive, ethnic slur) An impressive-looking document used to identify the bearer as being affiliated with some official institution, typically a university or college, with the purpose of impressing low-level bureaucrats, usually of a foreign nation. Tags: ethnic, offensive, slang, slur
    Sense id: en-dago_dazzler-en-noun-WToZ3bkC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English ethnic slurs, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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