a very offensive word for a person from a country where Spanish is spoken, for example a Mexican or Puerto Rican 西班牙语区的人（如墨西哥人或波多黎各人，有强烈冒犯意） Word Originearly 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’.
Idioms
spic and span
(also spick and span)
- [not usually before noun]
neat and clean 整洁干净；清清爽爽 Their house is always spic and span. 他们的房子总是很宽敞。
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- in dribs and drabs
- eat somebody out of house and home
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- fast and furious
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