noun
Street Slang
tacuche
· noun · la
Pachuco Caló for a fancy fit — the zoot suit itself.
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Definitions
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A zoot suit — the iconic Pachuco fit with the long jacket, wide shoulders, baggy pegged trousers and a watch chain swinging to the knee.
“His grandpa's old tacuche still hangs in the closet, sharp as the day he wore it.”
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By extension, any fancy suit or formal outfit. The Sunday best.
“Pull out the tacuche, we got a wedding to hit.”
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tacuche In A Sentence
His grandpa's old tacuche still hangs in the closet, sharp as the day he wore it.
Pull out the tacuche, we got a wedding to hit.
Origin & Usage
Pachuco Caló of the 1940s — the word for a zoot suit, the high-waisted, wide-shouldered, drape-cut suit worn by Mexican-American youth in LA during the Zoot Suit Riots era. Still used to mean any sharp formal getup.
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