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Life in Mexico by Frances Calderón de la Barca
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_Administrador_-Agent.
_Alameda_-Public walk with trees.
_Aquador_-Water-carrier.
_Alacran_-Scorpion.
_Anquera_-Coating of stamped gilt leather, edged with little bells, which
covers the back of the horses.
_Arriero_-Muleteer.
_Arroba_-Spanish weight of twenty-five pounds.
_Azotea_-The flat roof of a house.
_Barranca_-Ravine.
_Botica_-Apothecary's shop.
_Calle_-Street.
_Cargadores_-Men who carry loads.
_Chinguirito_-Spirit made from sugar-cane.
_Chile_-Hot peppers.
_Compadre and Comadre_-Godfather and Godmother; names by which two persons
address each other, who have held the same child at the baptismal font, or
have been sponsors together at a marriage, etc.
_Canonigo_-Canon or prebendary.
_Comicos_-Actors.
_Camarista_-Lady of honour.
_dia de Anos_-Birthday.
_Dulces_-Sweetmeats.
_Diario_-Daily newspapers.
_Frisones_-Large horses from the north.
_Funcion_-Solemnity-festival.
_Frijoles_-Brown beans.
_Galopina_-Kitchen-girl.
_Garbanzos_-Chick-peas _Cicer Arietinum_.
_Gachupin_-Name given to the Spaniards in Mejico.
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