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In the late 1700's it was used in Malaga, Spain to describe someone who spoke Spanish badly. In the 1800's as Mexican/Spanish, a contemptuous word for 'foreigner' as in a person from an English speaking country. There is an earlier Greek word 'Griego' meaning 'foreigner or alien'

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