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huevos noun- the testicles; courage US
Border Spanish used in English conversation by Mexican-Americans; literally “eggs”. - — Dagoberto Fuentes and Jose Lopez, Barrio Language Dictionary, p. 76, 1974
- At one of their impromptu Barf parties Manny guzzled five shots of mescal in one minute to show them how big his huevos were. — Joseph Wambaugh, Lines and Shadows, p. 150, 1984
- I was marveling at your huevos for standing up to our hometown police when they ran amok through your roost at Owl Farm. — Hunter S. Thompson, Kingdom of Fear, p. 277, 15 June 2002: Letter from Gerald Goldstein
- waves US
Spanish for “eggs”, but a near-homophone for “waves”, hence the play. - — Trevor Cralle, The Surfin’ary, p. 55, 1991
- a variety of Moroccan hashish SPAIN
From Spanish for “eggs”, named for its shape and texture. - Like virtually all the hashish in Spain, huevos comes from the Rif mountains. — Nick Jones, Spliffs, p. 86, 2003
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