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  • noun Plural form of Chicano.

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Examples

  • If you listen, he says the word Chicanos, in the middle of a regular English sentence,with an accent that makes him sound like Freddy Fender, who I happened to also be listening to today.

    VDARE.com: Blog Articles » Print » Obama’s Dialectal Skills 2010

  • If you listen, he says the word Chicanos, in the middle of a regular English sentence,with an accent that makes him sound like Freddy Fender, who I happened to also be listening to today.

    Obama’s Dialectal Skills 2010

  • She gave Markley simple, accurate information about distribution to media outlets for his anniversary, and when she found out that he was a District 11 resident, proceeded to invite him to a special districtwide party for the "Chicanos" exhibit at the deYoung.

    Archive 2006-09-01 sfmike 2006

  • She gave Markley simple, accurate information about distribution to media outlets for his anniversary, and when she found out that he was a District 11 resident, proceeded to invite him to a special districtwide party for the "Chicanos" exhibit at the deYoung.

    Stand With Us Against The War sfmike 2006

  • I mean, the Chicanos want all kinds of things, they really want to make it.

    A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

  • The show's title, "Elite of the Obscure," came from Gamboa, who also coined other memorable terms, such as "urban exiles," "phantom culture" and "orphans of modernism" to refer to Asco and metropolitan Chicanos in general.

    Max Benavidez: Asco Returns Triumphant to LACMA Max Benavidez 2011

  • Hollywood barely acknowledged Chicanos and other Latinos during the height of Asco's creativity.

    Max Benavidez: Asco Returns Triumphant to LACMA Max Benavidez 2011

  • The show's title, "Elite of the Obscure," came from Gamboa, who also coined other memorable terms, such as "urban exiles," "phantom culture" and "orphans of modernism" to refer to Asco and metropolitan Chicanos in general.

    Max Benavidez: Asco Returns Triumphant to LACMA Max Benavidez 2011

  • Here in the Sonoran Desert, we, and who ascribe to being Chicanos under the Construct for Native American/Chicano/Hispanic/Latino, firmly believe in the now historical notion that “No Native American will die in Israel!”.

    Matthew Yglesias » After the Two-State Solution 2009

  • Hollywood barely acknowledged Chicanos and other Latinos during the height of Asco's creativity.

    Max Benavidez: Asco Returns Triumphant to LACMA Max Benavidez 2011

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