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Indian taco
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English
Etymology
Apparently from en Indian taco, based on the use of fry bread, an American Indian food, similarity of toppings to those in tacos, and the fact that the fry bread is sometimes folded as part of the dish.
Noun
A dish made of fry bread topped with ingredients such as beans, cheese, and lettuce.
en If you stay for lunch, local Society of American Indian members will be home - cooking such native delicacies as puffy fried bread, thick Indian tacos and spicy chili beans. Indian festival set May 1 The Pleasanton Times 21-04-1976 Pat Kennedy 4 https://archive.org/details/caplmm_000430/page/n3 116 90 Pleasanton https://archive.org/details/caplmm_000430/page/n3
en An Anthology of Canadian Native Literature in English when I'm having an Indian taco day / I discover it's just about too late / not to educate the oppressor / but am I ever good at doing it 1992 Annharte 195 0195412826 1998 Terry Goldie; Daniel David Moses https://archive.org/details/anthologyofcanad0000unse_f7e7/page/195 Coyote Columbus Cafe Oxford University Press 2nd https://archive.org/details/anthologyofcanad0000unse_f7e7
en There, There "Lony, you like the taste of Indian tacos, right?" Orvil says. 2018 Tommy Orange 131 9780525436140 2020 2017038125 Vintage Books New York 1st; Everybody Reads
Synonyms
en frybread taco, en fry bread taco, en fried bread taco
en Navajo taco, en Hopi taco, en Tewa taco, en Hualapai taco, en Pueblo taco, en Apache taco
en Foods Native Americans