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Immigration problem of border states
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wetback
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Word definitions for wetback in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
wetback \wet"back\ n. A Mexican who enters the United States illegally, by wading across the Rio Grande; -- disparaging and offensive. Hence: An offensive term for a person of Mexican descent, usually intended and considered as an ethnic slur. Syn: greaser, ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Wetback may refer to: Wetback (slur) , a derogatory slang term for illegal Mexicans in other countries Wetback: The Undocumented Documentary , a 2005 film about undocumented immigration to Canada Operation Wetback , a project of the INS that deported about ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context derogatory slang English) A Mexican or Central American who illegally enters the United States of America from its southern border. 2 (context derogatory slang English) A person of the Mestizo race, used interchangeably with the Spanish term ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"illegal Mexican immigrant to the U.S.," c.1924, from wet (adj.) + back (n.); from notion of wading the Rio Grande.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. offensive terms for a person of Mexican descent [syn: greaser , taco ]
Usage examples of wetback.
His analyst, a crazed and boozy wetback named Geronimo Diaz, had, of course, a great deal to say about this.
Who would ever have thought that prissy little wetback twat Seguin would have it in her?
All I can think of is to take with me a horde of wetback thieves and burglars.
Nacogdoches where she had seen some wetbacks sitting on a curb waiting for gringos to offer them work.
Beverly and Alvaradoclose to his clienteledope dealers and wetbacks hot to bring the family up from Mexico.
Wax worked out of a storefront on Beverly and Alvarado-close to his clientele-dope dealers and wetbacks hot to bring the family up from Mexico.
Joredco laid Coleman off when the boss found a wetback family who'd work for an extra-low group rate.
Wetbacks congregated outside: pointing at the sun like they were telling time by it, hot for the truck to arrive--stoop labor for three hots and a cot.