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n. - A Mexican-American teenager who belongs to a neighborhood gang and who dresses in showy clothes.

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  • I appreciated your explanation of the word pachuco to Still Terrified in East LA, noting that it is derived from our reference to our beloved city of El Paso.
  • (Let's go to El Paso), "and correctly so on your part, the word pachuco was born.
  • Fritzie pulled out a pachuco toad stabber and popped the blade.
  • A pachuco by the stage kept a refrain up: "Baby, are they real?"
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