Texican

Texican
 adj.— «We think it’s wonderful that the Rolling Stones, those icons of rock, will be closing the show for Los Lonely Boys, three brothers from San Angelo who have given rock a definite “Texican”—as they call it—accent.» —“Texas’ ‘Beatles’ and England’s Stones” Austin American-Statesman (Texas) Oct. 20, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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