"Wop" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Wops [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Wop (plural Wops)
  1. Alternative letter-case form of wop (“derogatory: Italian”) Tags: alt-of Alternative form of: wop (extra: derogatory: Italian)
    Sense id: en-Wop-en-noun-jtD-huxg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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