Definitions
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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.
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The burly "Portugee" haunted the cabin of Pedro the farmer.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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