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ciruja

Person who regularly searches public rubbish bins and uses part of what they find and Person who lives off rubbish.†† ciruja: Marked as lunfardo in the dictionary entry and Origin: Shortening of cirujano, surgeon.† ciruja appears in the lyrics of Cobrate y dame el vuelto.†

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Glossary meaning Person who regularly searches public rubbish bins and uses part of what they find

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Glossary meaning Person who lives off rubbish

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Notes2

Marked as lunfardo in the dictionary entry

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Origin: Shortening of cirujano, surgeon

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Used in lyric1

Used in lyric Cobrate y dame el vuelto

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