still more on _Ital_

[David Barnhart]

In Lighter (HDAS):



Eyetie /./ n. & adj. 1. Esp. Mil. An Italian; . used derisively.

1919 Athenaeum (Aug. 22) 791.

2. the Italian language.

1945 Yank (July 27) 22 ...



Itie, n. & adj.  Esp. Mil. Italian; Eyetie.-often used derisively.

1941 (cited in Partridge DSUE (ed. 7) ..



Regards,

DKB



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