Puertorro

Puertorro
 n.— «El Pobre Kim Wan estuvo dos años sirviendo en el regimiento 65 y aprendío la lengua, y bromeaba con los soldados y decía que quería ir a “Puertorro” a quitarle…Cuando llegara a “Puertorro” compraría un forito y entonces si que no habría mujer bien parada en las carreteras.» —by La Asociación de Graduadas de la Universidad de Puerto Rico Asomante , 1945-1971. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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