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spic

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4 lettersPronunciation /ˈspɪk/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted cipsStarts with SEnds with C0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. completely neat and clean

Word origin

First attested in this spelling in the 1910s, from earlier spig, spiggoty, spikity, generally taken to derive from a (stereotype of a) Hispanic pronunciation of "(no) speak d(e) English" (especially as used by the laborers who dug the Panama Canal). There are also later (1960s) suggestions that the term referred instead to Italians and derives from spaghetti, but there is little to back this up.

Used in a sentence

  • “He’s a spic” he said. He was frantic with jealousy, he didn’t want to be hurt again.

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