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Thread #11139 Message #3648576
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
05-Aug-14 - 01:40 PM
Thread Name: Origins: The Green Laurel / Green Grows the Laurel
Subject: RE: Origins: The Green Laurel / Green Grows the Laurel
See thread 46273, "?Why Mexicans called them gringos?"
The word gringo in print in Spain in the 1780s.