pinata
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- noun
- /pɪˈnɑːtə/
- As the blindfolded boy swung a bat, everyone cheered for him to break the pinata.
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Watch on YouTubeSo we don't know where the bat is right back now, but it is a pinata.
- So we don't know where the bat is right back now, but it is a pinata.
- Grapes, cherry tomatoes, celery and Portobello mushrooms fell out of the pinata.
- Fuck, no, no, get your like, same thing where it was like pinatas, bro.
- So I'm going to do that and do the pinata as well and then it should be time for the guests to arrive.
Examples
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I have put many beautiful pinatas in the storeroom, each of them filled with little surprises.
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And so each kid hit the pinata and the candy didn't come out.
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Looks like someone had themselves a real pinata party, huh?
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Link is a pinata at a children's party.
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So several days after we went to the show, we were making home and homemade pinatas for Mason's birthday party.
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I think that this is a magical Unicorn pinata, and we can't break her, so let's just get some candy out of her, OK?
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The children took turns hitting the pinata filled with colorful candy at the party.
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After the kids broke the pinata, they eagerly rushed to collect the scattered treats.
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Etymology
Pinata comes from the Spanish word piñata, which originally meant a 'decorated pot' used at celebrations and probably from the Italian pignatta meaning 'pot'. Long ago people broke a clay pot to get gifts inside, so a pinata today is a decorated container you break to get sweets.