Portugeezerとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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Portugeezer (複数形 Portugeezers)

1. (Britain, slang, sometimes derogatory) A Portuguese person.
   • 1904, Frank C. Voorhies, Twisted History, G. W. Dillingham Company (1904), page 38:

     Here he established trading posts, and in less than a year or so all the Portugeezers were eating chutney on their beefsteaks, and calling it an Indian meal.

   • 2002, Pete May, West Ham: Irons in the Soul, Mainstream Publishing Company (2002), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

     For a while Redknapp tried to pair Dowie, who possessed all the speed of a steamroller, with the sublimely fast Portugeezer Hugo Porfirio — Porfirio's permanent expression of bemusement and sometimes downright amazement at his strike partner is still vivid.

   • 2008, Dan Walsh, Endless Horizon: A Very Messy Motorcycle Journey Around the World, Motorbooks (2009), →ISBN, page 25:

     This liberating relinquishing of control seemed to chill everybody right out – the Germans took to canoodling and beachcombing, the Portugeezer shared out the last of his biscuits, I spent a couple of hours listening to the waves then idly chatting with the Belgians about Joey Dunlop and Manx Nortons.

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:Portugeezer.