bolillo

English

Etymology

From Mexican Spanish bolillo (bread roll).

Noun

bolillo (plural bolillos)

  1. A type of white bread roll from Latin America
    • 2009 August 26, John T. Edge, “In Praise of the All-American Mexican Hot Dog”, in New York Times:
      In Tucson more than 100 vendors, known as hotdogueros, peddle Sonoran-style hot dogs — candy cane-wrapped in bacon, griddled until dog and bacon fuse, garnished with a kitchen sink of taco truck condiments and stuffed into split-top rolls that owe a debt to both Mexican bolillo loaves and grocery store hot dog buns.

Spanish

Etymology

Diminutive of bolo

Noun

bolillo m (plural bolillos)

  1. (regional) bread roll
  2. (Mexico) type of bread
  3. (regional, derogatory) Someone of Caucasian race.
  4. bobbin
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