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Word: mamacita (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

Slowly all the poetry went out of piro-peando. In recent years, girls have had to listen to such blunt acclaim as "Hey, Mamacita!" or "What a chicken!" In disgust, Maracaibo's prefect made piropos punishable with a loo-bolivar ($30) fine, which brought a new piropo into fashion: "If I only had 100 bolivars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VENEZUELA: Passing of the Piropo | 5/18/1953 | See Source »

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