Definitions

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  • noun A South American restaurant selling roasted pork.

Etymologies

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Spanish

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Examples

  • The pig roasts, tended by men, are so popular that the farm will spin off a lechonera, the name for restaurants and roadside stands all over Puerto Rico that sell spit-roasted pig and traditional side dishes.

    A Papaya Grows in Holyoke 2008

  • The pig roasts, tended by men, are so popular that the farm will spin off a lechonera, the name for restaurants and roadside stands all over Puerto Rico that sell spit-roasted pig and traditional side dishes.

    A Papaya Grows in Holyoke 2008

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