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Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–).  The Columbia Guide to Standard American English.  1993.
 
hyphenated American (n.)
 
 
This turn-of-the-nineteenth-century term meant recent immigrants, new Americans of recent foreign origin, such as Polish-Americans, Irish-Americans, and Italian-Americans. The term is still Standard for referring to ethnic groups of many sorts.  1
 
 
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