piñata

[peen-yah-tuh, pin-yah-; Sp. pee-nyah-tah]

pi·ña·ta

[peen-yah-tuh, pin-yah-; Sp. pee-nyah-tah]
noun, plural pi·ña·tas [-tuhz; Sp. -tahs] .
(in Mexico and Central America) a gaily decorated crock or papier-mâché figure filled with toys, candy, etc., and suspended from above, especially during Christmas or birthday festivities, so that children, who are blindfolded, may break it or knock it down with sticks and release the contents.

Origin:
1885–90; < Spanish: literally, pot < Italian pignatta, probably derivative of dial. pigna pinecone (from the pot's shape) < Latin pīnea, noun use of feminine of pīneus of the pine tree; see pine1, -eous
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Piñata is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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piñata (ˌpɪnˈjata)
 
n
a papier-mâché party decoration filled with sweets, hung up during parties, and struck with a stick until it breaks open
 
[Spanish, from Italian pignatta, probably from dialect pigna, from Latin pinea pine cone]

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