Green’s Dictionary of Slang

anglo n.

[SE Anglo-, English]

1. anyone of ostensibly Anglo-Saxon appearance, i.e. a white person.

[US]Mazdaznan 21 233: [iin context of Europe] But once the Latin over-reached himself the Anglos began to awaken.
Santa Fe New Mexican 21 Apr. 6/3: This [...] survey [...] gives the real facts as to the division of posts between ‘Anglos’ and the Spanish speaking people.
New Mexico Quarterly Rev. Spring 33: Native Anglos and Spanish Americans of New Mexico.
[US]W. Brown Teen-Age Mafia 38: Rock and roll was strictly for the birds and [...] the goddam lousy Anglos.
[US]R. Conot Rivers of Blood 167: ‘I assure you I'm as interested in the welfare of police officers, Anglos as well as Negroes, as you are’.
[US]E. Torres Carlito’s Way 118: Wesley Scott [...] An anglo with a last name for a first name is automatically a prick.
[Aus]Sydney Morn. Herald 28 Aug. 1: At her children’s school, the Greek boys congregated in opposition to the so-called ‘Anglos’.
[US]R. Campbell Wizard of La-La Land (1999) 148: Now that I see the neighborhood I’d say an anglo named Gotch might even be unforgettable.
[Aus]G. Seal Lingo 13: Since the 1980s Australians of Anglo-Celtic extraction have been increasingly referred to by those of other ethnic backgrounds, usually disdainfully, as skippies, skips, anglos or gubbahs.
[UK]‘John le Carré’ Constant Gardener 415: This is where the rich Anglos mow their lawns and wash their cars.
[Aus]R. Hughes Things I Didn’t Know (2007) 67: The ancient tension between rock-choppers (Catholics) and Anglos.
[US]T. Swerdlow Straight Dope [ebook] Just what the world needs, more privileged, white Anglos aping other cultures’ gods.
[Aus]C. Hammer Opal Country 101: Cricket was for the Anglos, not for sophisticated Europeans.
[UK]R. Milward Man-Eating Typewriter 491: The anglos endure fuckering horrific weather all year round.

2. (Polari) the English language.

[UK]R. Milward Man-Eating Typewriter 139: Barely sapeaks anglo — in fact, nanti polari whatsoever.