sheetrockero
n.— «Everyone has a place in the Colorado job market, he explains. Men from Chihuahua have a reputation as good construction workers: they do sheetrock installation, taping and house framing. Sheetrock layers are known by a Spanglish word: “sheetrockeros.”» —“North to Colorado: Independencia” by Alexis Charbonnier Summit Daily News (Frisco, Colorado) Dec. 31, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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