sandilla
/sænˈdiː(j)ə/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Two other persons, swarthy and ferocious as Bedouins, and naked as Lazzaroni, were crouching in the dirt, and sharing a sandilla (water-melon), the scarlet slices of which they ate in company; […]"
- "Maj. McKinstry, commanding the United States post at San Diego, charitably marched to the rescue and kindly took the government of the twin republics in out of the cold, and bade Hercules Melendez go home and be a good boy, cultivate sandillas and have an ever open eye for jerked beef."
- "Beans constitute an important food for the people at large. Maize, potatoes, roots, and vegetables of every description, melons of sweet flavor (the sandilla, or watermelon, especially) are cultivated in the so-called chacaras, or small rain in the season."
- "Besides the regular dividends the neat and interesting job of occasionally carving a surplus sandilla is performed, and the metallic chink of the resulting proceeds in the stockholder’s pocket gives forth a highly melonious sound."
Etymology
Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from misconstruction of Spanish sandía (“watermelon”) as a diminutive formation in -illa (feminine diminutive suffix).