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- noun Plural form of
Texican .
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Examples
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Besides "Sully the Pug," a mere human animal, hairy and muscular as a bear, and two "Texicans," as those born in the States of some Mexican blood and generally a touch of foreign accent are called, there were two engineers who lived with their "chinitas," or illiterate _mestizo_ Mexican wives and broods of peon children down in the valley below the dump-heap.
Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond Harry Alverson Franck 1921
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The Mexicans weren't invading; Texas was Mexican territory and the "Texicans" had been invited to settle there by the Mexican government which needed an increase in population along their northern frontier in that area.
Center for American Progress Action Fund Lee Fang 2010
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From 1836 to 1845, the "Texicans" regarded themselves as an independent nation, but were not recognized as such by the Mexican government.
Center for American Progress Action Fund Lee Fang 2010
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"Texicans" decided they really didn't want to be part of Mexico, and they didn't like certain rules, such as the fact that the Mexican government had already outlawed slavery.
Center for American Progress Action Fund Lee Fang 2010
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And I think there's a lot of us Texicans that are really just split down the middle, wanting to hold on to the heritage and the Mexican traditions and yet wanting to be seen as Americans.
Faces of America: The True Dichotomy of Eva Longoria Jr. Henry Louis Gates 2010
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So, the Republican Party in Texas aligns itself solidly behind a white male who would rather secede from the Union than provide health care to all Texicans.
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And I think there's a lot of us Texicans that are really just split down the middle, wanting to hold on to the heritage and the Mexican traditions and yet wanting to be seen as Americans.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Faces of America: The True Dichotomy of Eva Longoria Jr. Henry Louis Gates 2010
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Chris @192, Deist and unitarians are the rasons for the Texicans changing their history books ….
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The Texicans are the indigenous native people that were here before anybody else except the Indians.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Faces of America: The True Dichotomy of Eva Longoria Jr. Henry Louis Gates 2010
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The Texicans are the indigenous native people that were here before anybody else except the Indians.
Faces of America: The True Dichotomy of Eva Longoria Jr. Henry Louis Gates 2010
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