n., pl., -chis.
- A street band in Mexico.
- The music performed by such a band.
- A musician belonging to such a band.
[American Spanish, perhaps from French mariage, marriage (so called because the music may have originated at weddings in Jalisco, a state of west-central Mexico). See marriage.]
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