pachucos

Variant of pachuco

pachuco definition

☆ pa·chuco (pə c̸ho̵̅o̅′kō)

noun pl. pachucos -·cos

  1. a young Mexican-American man, esp. one belonging to a neighborhood gang or in trouble with the law
  2. a Mexican-American: in this use, a contemptuous term

Etymology: MexSp < ?

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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