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Word: calpulalpan (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Usage:

When you return, you stroll across the road to Don Efren's house. He's sitting outside looking down at his foot, which is swollen and oozing from a week-old axe cut. He's been to the doctor in Calpulalpan, so it should be all right. His daughter, thin, bright-eyed Ofelia, comes out and tells you how she's going to go in the sixth grade in San Martin and then become a nurse. Her younger sisters, giggling wildly, hurl sombreros in the air and watch the wind take them. Her mother, Dona Rosa, invites...

Author: By Sage Sohier, | Title: Glimpse of a Mexican Village | 12/10/1973 | See Source »

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