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Dapto dog


a derogatory term for person of Mediterranean background; rhyming slang for 'wog' [which is also a derogatory word]. [the Dapto Dogs is a well-known greyhound race meeting]

Contributor's comments: The Dapto Dog was always reference to being a particularly ugly girl.

Contributor's comments: Being a Dapto girl from way back my understanding of the term "Dapto Dog" is two fold. Firstly it was a derogatory term used for a female (of any nationality) from Dapto. However the term originated from the regular Thursday night greyhound races held in Dapto which were known far and wide as the 'Dapto Dogs'.