Eyetie, n. and a.
(ˈaɪtaɪ)
Also Eyeto, Eyety, Eyetye, Eytie.
[f. Eyetalian a. and n.]
= Eyetalian a. and n., used with disparaging overtones.
| 1925 Fraser & Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 90 Eyeties, Italians. 1941 Baker Dict. Austral. Slang 27 Eyeto (pronounced ‘eye-toe’), an Italian. 1943 B. J. Hurren Eastern Med viii. 100 Such tricks..made our troops utterly despise the Eyeties (as the soldiers called them). 1943 C. S. Forester Ship iv. 30 There was a buzz that the Eyety navy was out. 1958 E. H. Clements Uncommon Cold i. 16 The Yugoslavians, the two Eyetyes, some West Germans. 1967 K. Giles Death in Diamonds vii. 127 They speak Eyetie? |