piragua
Americannoun
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Also a canoe made by hollowing out a tree trunk.
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a flat-bottomed sailing vessel having two masts.
noun
Etymology
Origin of piragua
1525–35; < Spanish < Carib: dugout
Example Sentences
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Lin-Manuel popping in here and there as the piragua man.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2021
Miranda, happily a bit player in a world he created, plays the piragua guy.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 8, 2021
“There are shots of the food that I grew up eating, the music that I grew up listening to. The piragua guy, I know that guy.”
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 8, 2021
In the middle of the room, a life-size replica of a colorful piragua cart, by Edgar Ruiz Zapata, honors the men and women who sell shaved ice around El Barrio in the summertime.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 13, 2019
After a few blocks, I bought a piragua from the old man dressed like a sailor who walked around the neighborhood pushing his piragua cart, which had fake sails.
From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez
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