levanton

levanton
 n.— «Con la llegada de Carlos Miloc, la inyeccion de momentaneo animo produjo el acostumbrado levanton del debut.» —“Entrenador nuevo, filosofia vieja” by Jorge Ernesto Witker in Mexico, D.F. Crónica Nov. 16, 1996. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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