WETBACK


Meaning of WETBACK in English

ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun

Etymology: wet (II) + back

: a Mexican who enters the United States illegally (as by wading or swimming the Rio Grande)

wetbacks … willing to work for nothing if a rancher would conceal them — Irving Shulman

— compare bracero

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