wetback

[wet-bak] /ˈwɛtˌbæk/
noun, Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive.
1.
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Mexican laborer who enters the U.S. illegally, as by wading the Rio Grande.
Origin
1945-50, Americanism; wet + back1
British Dictionary definitions for wetback

wetback

/ˈwɛtˌbæk/
noun
1.
(US, informal, offensive) a Mexican labourer who enters the US illegally
Word Origin
C20: illegal immigrants would swim across the Rio Grande river to reach the US
Word Origin and History for wetback
n.

"illegal Mexican immigrant to the U.S.," c.1924, from wet (adj.) + back (n.); from notion of wading the Rio Grande.

Slang definitions & phrases for wetback

Western

noun

A book, movie, etc, about the Old West (1909+)

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