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Examples

  • The party in "pachanga" is indeed a fitting name for the restaurant, as it is a fairly inexpensive way party away.

    Pinoy Food & Other Cuisine :: Food PhotoBlog and Events 2008

  • Early salsa could contain elements of a dozen unique musical forms, including the son, rumba, pachanga, bomba, danzon, and guaguanco.

    Ray Sanchez: Latinos Rewrite America's Urban Folklore Ray Sanchez 2011

  • Early salsa could contain elements of a dozen unique musical forms, including the son, rumba, pachanga, bomba, danzon, and guaguanco.

    Ray Sanchez: Latinos Rewrite America's Urban Folklore Ray Sanchez 2011

  • He'd ride down a few of the back roads known to be prime locations for a pachanga.

    A Ranger's Wife Ellis, Lyn 1999

  • Originally a south-Texas tradition, the pachanga had migrated north along with the killer bees and several law-enforcement officers.

    A Ranger's Wife Ellis, Lyn 1999

  • Not in some Mexican pachanga or whatever it's called. '

    Mexico Michener, James 1992

  • Well, on tomorrow morning after the big fight I hurry back to Mexico City to seek out news about the next pachanga.

    Mexico Michener, James 1992

  • "Let's get those prisoners outta there"; and those that are totally disorganized, like a real pachanga. '

    Mexico Michener, James 1992

  • To take part in the next pachanga I would walk to Oaxaca. '

    Mexico Michener, James 1992

  • 'You mean a decent American girl came down here, did the pachanga business you spoke of and became a matador?'

    Mexico Michener, James 1992

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