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BRACERO
bracero
(noun) a Mexican laborer who worked in the United States on farms and railroads in order to ease labor shortages during World War II
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Bracero (plural Braceros)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bracero is the 17268th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1640 individuals. Bracero is most common among Hispanic/Latino (88.66%) individuals.
Etymology
Noun
bracero (plural braceros)
(historical) A Mexican national working as an agricultural laborer in the United States from 1942-1964, or similarly a railroad worker from 1942-1945.
Source: Wiktionary
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IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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