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Meaning of chirola by furoya




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Lunfardo is a coin of low value, a currency in general. Name may come from the Italian chirela, which in Brazil was used to appoint a cheap flour that humble people bought for a coin; Thus, by metonymy, it became Bolivia back in the 19th century, which gave name to the piece of 20 cents, that ended up circulating also in Argentina, where called chirolas to any value of coins.

  

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