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"ref": "1988, New York Magazine, volume 21, number 16, page 66",
"text": "The proprietor was a \"Zip\" — a Sicilian-born mobster — who was running a gambling operation that cut into Godfather Gotti's turf.",
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"A Sicilian or Italian Mafioso who is relatively new to the United States."
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"(US, slang, sometimes derogatory) A Sicilian or Italian Mafioso who is relatively new to the United States."
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