nacho

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If xisco and nacho are any kop this guy could be a god send.

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  1. noun A small, often triangular piece of tortilla topped with cheese or chili-pepper sauce and broiled.

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  • I was stopped in mid nacho-crunching bite by an initially unassuming ad for the new ESPN mobile phone. —  StraightUpSearch
  • If xisco and nacho are any kop this guy could be a god send. —  Soccer Blogs - latest posts
  • Fully loaded, grilled, nacho cheese mini tacos. idea: Burger nuggets. —  Adam Riff™
  • Saco, who co-owns the store with his brother Sam, said he was curious from the beginning but his concern heightened on Monday when the boy tried to buy $34.80 worth of grocery items - including nacho cheese dip, a package each of processed ham and turkey, hamburger buns, milk, doughnuts and candy - with his mother's credit card. —  San Antonio News
  • It's just a sweet and tender love story of squirrel meets nacho chips, nacho chips meet squirrel. —  Pajiba
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  1. American Spanish, possibly diminutive of the name Ignacio or alteration of ñato, pug-nosed, ugly, poor (alteration of Spanish chato, flat, snub-nosed, from Vulgar Latin *plattus, flat; see plate).
 

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