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wetback
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
wetback \wet"back\ n.
1. A Mexican who enters the United States illegally, by
wading across the Rio Grande; -- disparaging and
offensive.
[PJC]
2. Hence: An offensive term for a person of Mexican descent,
usually intended and considered as an ethnic slur.
[WordNet sense 1]
Syn: greaser, taco.
[WordNet 1.5]
