"Eyetie" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From Italian, + -ie.",
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      "form": "Eyeties",
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          "ref": "1944, Lawson Glassop, We were the rats",
          "text": "The only danger of gas from the Eyeties was when they breathed garlic on you.",
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        {
          "ref": "1944, Richard Baxter, Stand by to surface",
          "text": "We got out to sea again, but it was not long before the Eyeties were on our track again.",
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        {
          "ref": "1977, Roald Dahl, The Swan",
          "text": "The Frenchies eat 'em [small birds] and so do the Eyeties.",
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        {
          "ref": "1986, Aidan Chambers, Dance on My Grave",
          "text": "D'you think they're Eyeties? Supposed to be great lovers...",
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        {
          "ref": "2012, Zadie Smith, NW",
          "text": "'Someone give this girl the bumps! She's getting married. Ah, the good die young. What's his name again? Francesco. An eye-tie? I move for a mistrial.",
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          "sense": "person of Italian descent",
          "word": "dago"
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          "sense": "person of Italian descent",
          "word": "goombah"
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          "sense": "person of Italian descent",
          "word": "greaseball"
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        {
          "sense": "person of Italian descent",
          "word": "guido"
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          "sense": "person of Italian descent",
          "word": "guinea"
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          "sense": "person of Italian descent",
          "word": "wog"
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          "word": "wop"
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          "ref": "1944, Lawson Glassop, We were the rats",
          "text": "The only danger of gas from the Eyeties was when they breathed garlic on you.",
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          "ref": "1944, Richard Baxter, Stand by to surface",
          "text": "We got out to sea again, but it was not long before the Eyeties were on our track again.",
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          "text": "The Frenchies eat 'em [small birds] and so do the Eyeties.",
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      "word": "greaseball"
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      "word": "guido"
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      "word": "guinea"
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      "sense": "person of Italian descent",
      "word": "wog"
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  "word": "Eyetie"
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