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alambrista

alambrista  n.— «The feelings of the line jumpers—the alambristas—are reflected in the words of Julian Terrones Segura, 36 and newly arrived from his native village in Guerrero.» —“Thousands of Mexicans Illegally Cross U.S. Border...

la migra

la migra  n.— «Maybe my water bottle will last and I will come to some place like San Bernardino, or to Los Angeles, and become lost there, from la migra—that is our name for the immigration.» —“Thousands of Mexicans Illegally Cross U...

la migra

la migra  n.— «The Border Patrol, la migra to the aliens, is desperately seeking to boost its $533-million budget by $41 million.» —“Nightly Ritual: Checker game on U.S. border with people as the pieces” by Ivor...

twidget

twidget
 n.— «A twidget was anybody who wasn’t an engineer, and therefore, according to the snipes, not a real man.» —by P.T. Deutermann Edge of Honor May 1, 1995. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

twidget

twidget  n.— «At this evening’s muster, ET2 Fred Larousse, one of Cushing’s twidgets—electronic technicians—and the senior man on the BAF, was holding forth on the subject of security alerts.» —by Douglas Morgan Tiger...

mongo

mongo  n.— «Besides furniture and bathroom, I crammed the section with a decor of “Mongo,” items workers selected from the waste flow, that they refused to put in the truck—art, religious figures, dolls. » —“Interview:...

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