Huarache

//wəˈrɑːtʃi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A Mexican sandal.

    "My shoes, damn fool that I am, were Mexican huaraches, plantlike sieves not fit for the rainy night of America and the raw road night."

  2. 2
    a sandal with flat heels and an upper of woven leather straps wordnet
  3. 3
    A food similar in shape to such a sandal, consisting of a fried masa dough base with a topping, typically salsa, potato, meat, or cheese.

    "They’re then ground into a homogeneous dough that holds whatever shape you choose to give it: thin circles for tortillas, thicker ones for gorditas and sopes, plump ovals for huaraches and triangles for black-bean stuffed tetelas."

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"My shoes, damn fool that I am, were Mexican huaraches, plantlike sieves not fit for the rainy night of America and the raw road night."

Etymology

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish huarache, guarache, from Purepecha kwarachi (“sandal”).

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