pachuco
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /pəˈt͡ʃuːkəʊ/
pachuco (plural pachucos)
- (US) A Mexican-American, especially a juvenile delinquent in the Los Angeles area.
- An argot spoken by that group, sometimes known as caló.
- 1974, Linda Fine Katz, The Evolution of the Pachuco Language and Culture, University of California, Los Angeles, page 41:
- Like the zoot suit, the Pachuco caló was adopted by a large part of the Chicano youth who did not, in essence, identify themselves as Pachucos.
- 1974, Linda Fine Katz, The Evolution of the Pachuco Language and Culture, University of California, Los Angeles, page 41:
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