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chili queens

chili queens is the plural of chili queen.

Meaning of chili queen

Noun

chili queen (plural chili queens)

  1. (US, historical) A member of a group of women who sold chili con carne as street food in San Antonio, Texas.
    • We asked him what came to mind when we said "hidden kitchen." The chili queens of San Antonio was his response. The saga of the chili queens goes back nearly 200 years. Some kitchens are hidden by place, some by time.2004, “The Chili Queens of San Antonio”, in NPR

Questions about chili queens

What is chili queens the plural of?
Chili queens is the plural of chili queen.

Words near chili queens in the dictionary

  1. chili pepper
  2. chili peppers
  3. chili powder
  4. chili powders
  5. chili queen
  6. chili queens
  7. chili sauce
  8. chili sauces
  9. chili sin carne
  10. chili size
  11. chili sizes

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