Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An old Spanish dance, said to have been introduced by the Moors, and to be the source of the fandango, the chaconne, the cachucha, the bolero, etc.
- noun Same as
chico .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A red coloring matter. extracted from the
Bignonia Chica , used by some tribes of South American Indians to stain the skin. - noun A fermented liquor or beer made in South American from a decoction of maize.
- noun A popular Moorish, Spanish, and South American dance, said to be the original of the fandango, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun North America, informal A
Latin-American girl; aLatina .
Etymologies
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Examples
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(Of course, the phenomenon of the "casa chica" is well known to me and most people who've spent any time in Mexico.) gpkisner
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(Of course, the phenomenon of the "casa chica" is well known to me and most people who've spent any time in Mexico.) gpkisner
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(Of course, the phenomenon of the "casa chica" is well known to me and most people who've spent any time in Mexico.) gpkisner
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(Of course, the phenomenon of the "casa chica" is well known to me and most people who've spent any time in Mexico.) gpkisner
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(Of course, the phenomenon of the "casa chica" is well known to me and most people who've spent any time in Mexico.) gpkisner
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(Of course, the phenomenon of the "casa chica" is well known to me and most people who've spent any time in Mexico.) gpkisner
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(Of course, the phenomenon of the "casa chica" is well known to me and most people who've spent any time in Mexico.) gpkisner
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(Of course, the phenomenon of the "casa chica" is well known to me and most people who've spent any time in Mexico.) gpkisner
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(Of course, the phenomenon of the "casa chica" is well known to me and most people who've spent any time in Mexico.) gpkisner
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(Of course, the phenomenon of the "casa chica" is well known to me and most people who've spent any time in Mexico.) gpkisner
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