Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name in the Fiji Islands of turmeric, Curcuma longa. See
Curcuma , 2, huldee, turmeric, *olena, and *rea.
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Examples
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McMurdo, accustomed only to the prosaic performances of Chi - cago, listened with open ears and more surprise than he ventured to show to what followed.
Chennai 2010
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It's our way of saying the * chi* sound, I think * chi* cano, * chi* cago? rather than Shicago like all those non spanish speakers. haha.
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July 6, 2009 at 3:36 pm cmc casi me cago if ur latin ull b cmc now
I don’t do “Get it, boy”. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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Principal for a Day is a major event every year in Chi-cago.
Archive 2008-02-01 Jim Horn 2008
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Expressions like "me cago en la hostia" y "me cago en Dios" are absolutely unthinkable to Central Americans and I'd venture to guess, to most South Americans, too.
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I remember seeing a travel poster advertising Chicago, and saying to Rafa, “Do you think Americans know what cago means in Spanish?”
Waiting for Snow in Havana Carlos Eire 2003
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In the last several months, he had, over Margarite's protests and best defenses, maneuvered and manhandled his way to controlling the Chi - cago and midwestern Families.
Second Skin Lustbader, Eric 1995
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S. Crane, the main spokesman of the so-called “Chi - cago Aristotelianism.”
LITERARY CRITICISM REN 1968
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"But me cago en la leche, but I will be content when it starts."
For Whom The Bell Tolls Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 1940
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He fired and said, "Me cago en tal; I missed him again."
For Whom The Bell Tolls Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 1940
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