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  • 21bucko — noun (plural buckoes) Date: 1883 1. a person who is domineering and bullying ; swaggerer 2. chiefly Irish young fellow ; lad …

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  • 22mafioso — noun (plural mafiosi) Etymology: Italian, from Italian dialect (Sicily) mafiusu gallant, swaggerer, perhaps alteration of marfusu scoundrel Date: 1875 a member of the Mafia or a mafia …

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  • 23wop — noun Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Italian dialect guappo swaggerer, tough, from Spanish guapo, probably from Middle French dialect vape, wape weak, insipid, from Latin vappa wine gone flat Date: 1908 usually offensive Italian …

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  • 24swagger — I. verb (swaggered; swaggering) Etymology: probably from 1swag + er (as in chatter) Date: circa 1596 intransitive verb 1. to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner; especially to walk with an air of overbearing self… …

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  • 25List of ethnic slurs by ethnicity — This list of ethnic slurs by ethnicity compiles ethnic slurs that are, or have been, used in the English language. For the purposes of this list, ethnicity can be defined by either race, nationality or ethnicity. Contents 1 Broader ethnic… …

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  • 26List of ethnic slurs — The following is a list of ethnic slurs (ethnophaulisms) that are, or have been, used as insinuations or allegations about members of a given ethnicity or to refer to them in a derogatory (critical or disrespectful), pejorative (disapproving or… …

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  • 27Martin Guisse — Martin Guisse. Martin George Guisse (* 12 de marzo de 1780, Gloucestershire, Inglaterra Guayaquil, 1829) fue un oficial de la Marina Real Británica, en la cual sirvió durante las guerras napoleónicas, que se trasladó a América del Sur para… …

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  • 28swaggeringly — See swaggerer. * * * …

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  • 29wop — /wop/, n. Slang (disparaging and offensive). an Italian or a person of Italian descent. [1910 15, Amer.; < It (Neapolitan dial.) guappo swaggerer < Sp guapo pimp, ruffian, via dial. F < L vappa wine that has gone flat, worthless person; initial w …

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  • 30Stevenson, Robert Louis — ▪ British author Introduction in full  Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson  born Nov. 13, 1850, Edinburgh died Dec. 3, 1894, Vailima, Samoa  Scottish essayist, poet, and author of fiction and travel books, best known for his novels Treasure Island&#8230; …

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