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Word: lacayo (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

...muggy Managua the optimistic proprietor of the Libreria del Sol (Sun Bookstore) dressed his counters with copies of a timely book: How to Run a Revolution. Up on the hill, fat President Lacayo-Sacasa threw back his head and laughed until his sides hurt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NICARAGUA: Fat Dolly | 6/9/1947 | See Source »

...very own use and some of the soldiers of the presidential guard now saluted as he passed. The people of Managua called him "La Muñeca Gordita" (the Fat Dolly). His belly shook and his great laugh echoed down the empty halls. No one was taking President Benjamin Lacayo-Sacasa* seriously, least of all Lacayo-Sacasa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NICARAGUA: Fat Dolly | 6/9/1947 | See Source »

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