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Texican|ˈtɛksɪkən|
[Blend of Texan a. and n. and Mexican a. and n.]
= Texan n. (sometimes used more narrowly).
1863Lawrence (Kansas) Republican 16 Apr. 2/4 (heading) ‘Texicans’ and ‘Injuns’ again. 1937D. Coolidge Texas Cowboys x. 149 That's one thing you'll never find around a Mormon town..you'll never find no Texicans. 1969in Current Trends in Linguistics (1972) X. 596 Texican, a Texan of Mexican background. (Wis.). 1978Maledicta II. 172 While Texas remained a part of Mexico, Anglo settlers there called themselves Texicans to distinguish themselves from Spanish-speaking Mexicans.
Add:B. adj. = Tex-Mex a.
1982J. D. MacDonald Cinnamon Skin xvi. 152 ‘Friends,’ he said in a Texican twang, ‘the goddam compressor quit again.’ 1982Washington Post Mag. 10 Jan. 32 No hamburger-and-American-cheese filling for its tacos and enchiladas. No one-red-sauce-over-all combination plate. This is Mexican, not Texican. 1985J. A. Michener Texas vi. 321 Texican military men..had already begun to survey the only defensible structure in Béjar, the Alamo. 1986Los Angeles Times 25 Apr. vi. 11/1 Marix has quite a big menu including eight ‘Texican’ dinners, and many variants of tortilla-wrapped foods. |