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- noun dated, pejorative A person from Portugal.
Etymologies
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Examples
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"Portagee" Oreza was the son of a Gloucester fisherman and had a reputation approaching his captain's.
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Allen Jenkins, another Damon Runyon character actor, plays Portagee Joe with a Brooklyn accent, and Henry O'Neil, who usually played district attorneys, doctors, and generals, shows up with a brogue as Father Juan Ramon.
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Allen Jenkins, another Damon Runyon character actor, plays Portagee Joe with a Brooklyn accent, and Henry O'Neil, who usually played district attorneys, doctors, and generals, shows up with a brogue as Father Juan Ramon.
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"Skipper, a few more knots and I can hold her a little steadier," Portagee reported at the wheel.
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Oreza was also a man who understood the importance of a good cup of coffee, and one thing about coming to the bridge when Portagee was around was that you were guaranteed a cup of his personal brew.
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He guessed it wouldn't come natural to him to take orders from a Portagee -- not at sea.
The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story
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Portagee: The American people and legal immigrants won today.
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FYI ... before your time, I lived 1 / 4 mile makai from Portagee Bend above Alii Drive.
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Him and Portagee were working on something or other down in the goat locker. "
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"Portagee, I want you on the wheel when we go Hotel Corpin.
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