tirarse la esquina
n.— «”Elias, tirame esquina after school if I get jumped.”…”Ok, Freddy, pero nomas si me tiras esquina en el Peter Piper Pizza, cause i’m low on cash.”…”Elias, get my back after school if I get jumped.” “OK, Alfred, but only if you cover me at Peter Piper Pizza, because I’m low on cash.”
» —“Cholo Word Of The Day—Tirame Esquina” Daily Texican (Dallas, Texas) Aug. 24, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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