| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
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| 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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| | | The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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