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1. | a native of Southeast Asia or the South Pacific, esp. when a member of an enemy military force. |
2. | any dark-skinned foreigner, esp. one from the Middle East. |
3. | anyone who is offensive to others because of stupidity, coarseness, etc. |
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1930-35? Huh... Learn something new every day. Nevertheless, if I were tortured for years by a bunch of atheistic commies... “gooks” would be minor league of the pejoratives I would use. You could not print the things I’d be calling the commie bastages.