A dated, offensive American slang term for cheap red wine, typically low-grade Italian-style wines produced by immigrant communities in the early 20th century.
A dated, offensive American slang term for cheap red wine, typically low-grade Italian-style wines produced by immigrant communities in the early 20th century. 'Dago' is an ethnic slur for Italians or Southern Europeans, making this doubly loaded. Occasionally appears in period literature or film; largely obsolete and considered offensive today.
He poured two glasses of dago red and pushed one across the table without a word.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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(AU, colloquial) Cheap or poor-quality red wine.
(obsolete, naval slang, often, _, derogatory, originally, _, US) A crewman who speaks Spanish, Portuguese, or Italian.
Red Ned is Australian slang for cheap, rough red wine — the kind that comes in a cask or a bottle with no pretensions, and leaves you regretting it the next morning. The name is affectionate in the way Australians name anything they have a complicated relationship with. It sits alongside plonk and goon in the vocabulary of budget drinking.
(US, England, ethnic slur, somewhat, _, dated) A person of Southern European descent.
(slang, offensive) Cheap, inferior red wine.