Pollo
[paw-yaw, -lyaw] /ˈpɔ yɔ, -lyɔ/
noun, plural pollos
[paw-yaws, -lyaws] /ˈpɔ yɔs, -lyɔs/ (Show IPA). Spanish.
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Slang. (in Mexico) a laborer who pays to be smuggled or guided over the border into the U.S. illegally.
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