dago T-shirt
n.— «He lived in the ghetto in an all Italian neighborhood.…You can still picture him sort of short, stocky build, hair greased back, dago-t-shirt tatoo of a heart and an old girl friend’s name, he is always dirty.» —“Revision: Yes, They Do It. Yes, You Can Teach It” The English Journal Mar., 1980. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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