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Word: marketa (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1947-1947
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...there was no stopping language infiltrations, especially from the north. Proud Mexicans ground their teeth to hear 10 centavos called a daime, and the mercado the marketa. Baseball brought the streik and the jonron. The name for the man who watched automobiles parked in the street was vachacarro...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Vachacarro! | 10/27/1947 | See Source »

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