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Double-Tongued Word Wrester Dictionary: wila n. a surreptitious note (sent by or between prisoners); a kite.

Posted on: September 23rd, 2005
Filed Under: [ Hispanic News ]
Tags: prison, Spanglish
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This is an Anglified or Spanglish spelling of the Mexican Spanish güila or huila, that, according to this 1998 Varilex survey of Spanish speakers, is one of many words for kite, a light-weight paper-covered frame flown in the wind.

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