ride
n.— «He’s hoping they can wire him an immediate $400—maybe even this afternoon. “With that, we will have enough for the ride,” he says, using the English word. El Ride is the pickup from an Arizona highway toward a safe house or job.» —“Last Exit to Tombstone” by Marc Cooper LA Weekly Mar. 29, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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