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jalap
/ˈd͡ʒæləp/
noun 2
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2VERB + JALAP
see, selling
JALAP + NOUN
zulus
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noun
1
A cathartic drug consisting of the tuberous roots of Ipomoea purga, a convolvulaceous plant found in Mexico.
He’s stinking with money and thinks you’re not a gentleman. His old fellow made his tin by selling jalap to Zulus or some bloody swindle or other.
noun
1
A jalapeño.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:jalap.
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He’s stinking with money and thinks you’re not a gentleman. His old fellow made his tin by selling jalap to Zulus or some bloody swindle or other.
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For quotations using this term, see Citations:jalap.
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