Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
chico . - noun An old Spanish dance, said to have been introduced by the Moors, and to be the source of the fandango, the chaconne, the cachucha, the bolero, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A red coloring matter. extracted from the
Bignonia Chica , used by some tribes of South American Indians to stain the skin. - noun A fermented liquor or beer made in South American from a decoction of maize.
- noun A popular Moorish, Spanish, and South American dance, said to be the original of the fandango, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun North America, informal A
Latin-American girl; aLatina .
Etymologies
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Examples
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(Of course, the phenomenon of the "casa chica" is well known to me and most people who've spent any time in Mexico.) gpkisner
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(Of course, the phenomenon of the "casa chica" is well known to me and most people who've spent any time in Mexico.) gpkisner
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(Of course, the phenomenon of the "casa chica" is well known to me and most people who've spent any time in Mexico.) gpkisner
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(Of course, the phenomenon of the "casa chica" is well known to me and most people who've spent any time in Mexico.) gpkisner
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(Of course, the phenomenon of the "casa chica" is well known to me and most people who've spent any time in Mexico.) gpkisner
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(Of course, the phenomenon of the "casa chica" is well known to me and most people who've spent any time in Mexico.) gpkisner
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(Of course, the phenomenon of the "casa chica" is well known to me and most people who've spent any time in Mexico.) gpkisner
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(Of course, the phenomenon of the "casa chica" is well known to me and most people who've spent any time in Mexico.) gpkisner
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(Of course, the phenomenon of the "casa chica" is well known to me and most people who've spent any time in Mexico.) gpkisner
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(Of course, the phenomenon of the "casa chica" is well known to me and most people who've spent any time in Mexico.) gpkisner
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