chimuela
v.— «My grandma called us chimuela, whenever we lost teeth.» —“Area lingo a way of life for some, confusing to others” by Rose Ybarra, Oscar Gonzalez Jr. The Monitor (McAllen, Texas) July 10, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
chimuela
v.— «My grandma called us chimuela, whenever we lost teeth.» —“Area lingo a way of life for some, confusing to others” by Rose Ybarra, Oscar Gonzalez Jr. The Monitor (McAllen, Texas) July 10, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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