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paisan; paisano noun an Italian-American; used as a term of address that evokes a common heritage, especially Italian US, 1947- As I hung up, I spotted the two lean, tough-looking paisanos gazing at me cooped up in the booth. — Malcolm X and Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, p. 125, 1964
- Why the old lady? Why, paisan, the same reasons we killed the old man, baby, the same reason. — Donald Goines, Black Gangster, p. 80, 1977
- The maitre d’ didn’t shout, “You back again?” nor did the bartender holler, “What’s your poison, paesan”? — Rita Ciresi, Pink Slip, pp. 88–9, 1999
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