pachucos
- plural of pachuco.
Example Sentences
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It was in seemingly placid landscapes like this, wrought in violence and pregnant with contested meanings, that Valdez encountered his first pachucos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2023
But the musical by Luis Valdez was a distinctly Los Angeles production: it was commissioned by the Mark Taper Forum and portrayed a 1940s murder trial involving Mexican-American zoot-suit-wearing youths known as pachucos.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2017
That diversity is certainly on display and the show documents the influence of British youth culture on Latinos, juxtaposing photographs of British Teddy Boys with zoot-suited Mexican American youth, known as pachucos.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 13, 2016
To the pachucos, the baggy, finely tailored zoot suit was a symbol of pride, a way to assert their identity.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 13, 2016
And there are pachucos and homeboys, elegantly rendered on paper towels and restaurant napkins in their zoot suits and bandannas, figures who stare down authority with style and swagger.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2016
