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- noun dated, pejorative Alternative form of
Portagee .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The "Portugee" was rocking fully a mile away, but when Dan up-ended an oar he waved his left arm three times.
Captains Courageous Rudyard Kipling 1900
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The burly "Portugee" haunted the cabin of Pedro the farmer.
West Wind Drift George Barr McCutcheon 1897
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When we come to the turn in the road, where you cross the creek to climb the hill, there the "Portugee" lives.
Letters of Franklin K. Lane Franklin Knight Lane 1892
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a swarthy, powerful "Portugee" who was on his way to Rio to kill the pal who had run away with his wife.
West Wind Drift George Barr McCutcheon 1897
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Mountain man/scout Portugee Phillips could also get picked.
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Colter definately deserves a mention as does Portugee Phillips.
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Colter definately deserves a mention as does Portugee Phillips.
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Mountain man/scout Portugee Phillips could also get picked.
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Two years - before I had the courage to run again, and by God's grace was picked up by Portugee slavers, who carried me to the coast.
Watershed 2010
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His name was John “Portugee” Phillips, and his four-day ride through a blinding blizzard, past Indian encampments, with only a few pieces of hardtack in his pocket, is an epic performance in Western history.
THE AMERICAN WEST DEE BROWN 2007
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