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

...Figueroa poured a little cold water on the lava. Said she: "Every time a girl wearing a rebozo comes into the bank, all the girls behind the counter say how beautiful she looks. But if I wore one the boss would ask me if I thought I was a turista, or was on holiday in Cuernavaca. And it is going to continue that way as long as people are afraid of what people will say and the stylish people think a rebozo is the badge of a housemaid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Fashion Notes | 5/3/1948 | See Source »

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