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Definitions tagged vw in the street dictionary.

Cepillo

A game played by children and adults where participants spot and count Volkswagen Beetles. It is the local equivalent of the game Punch Buggy or Slug Bug (in the Dominican Republic, the classic Beetle is called a Cepillo because its shape resembles a handheld scrub brush).

- Cepillo! - A blue cepillo! - That is not a cepillo.

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Cepillo

A Volkswagen Beetle. This car model became popular starting in the 1960s (the name literally means brush, referring to the vehicle's rounded shape).

The henchmen of the Trujillo dictatorship carried out their crimes while driving cepillos (the secret police famously used these cars for kidnappings and surveillance).

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BMW

A very expensive car that women are dying for their man to have. (It is considered a major status symbol in the Dominican Republic).

A: Maria's guy is really ugly. B: Shut up, Luisa! He's driving a BMW.

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