/ spɪk; NAmE / noun
( taboo slang , especially NAmE ) a very offensive word for a person from a country where Spanish is spoken, for example a Mexican or Puerto Rican
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IDIOMS
- spic and span
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WORD ORIGIN
early 20th cent.: abbreviation of US slang spiggoty , in the same sense, of uncertain origin: perhaps an alteration of speak the in no speak the English .