Thread: "Wajiro"
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Old June 27, 2008, 11:31 PM
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On this fertile and rich land lives the peasant who is kind, hard working and good natured. Cubans affectionately call him "Guajiro".


Problem of course is that as an exiled King raised in New Jersey I lack a bit of the nuances that by birthright should be mine. Actually from the way I remember the word used it could Also mean hillbilly, redneck, and a stubborn, narrow minded and cheap one at that. I was trying to find out its derivation and whether it was originally meant as a pejorative synonym for campesino.
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