Puertorro
n.β Β«El Pobre Kim Wan estuvo dos aΓ±os sirviendo en el regimiento 65 y aprendΓo la lengua, y bromeaba con los soldados y decΓa que querΓa ir a “Puertorro” a quitarle…Cuando llegara a “Puertorro” comprarΓa un forito y entonces si que no habrΓa mujer bien parada en las carreteras.Β» βby La AsociacioΓΒn de Graduadas de la Universidad de Puerto Rico Asomante , 1945-1971. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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