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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;paddyman98, post: 25789606, member: 44615&quot;]<p style="text-align: center"><b>------------------------------</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b><a href="https://www.historynet.com/hooker-word-origin/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.historynet.com/hooker-word-origin/" rel="nofollow">The Etymology of ‘Hooker’: Does It Really Come From a Civil War General?</a></b></p><p>The origin of the slang term is believed to have come decades prior to the Civil War out of Corlear’s Hook, a New York City neighborhood whose brothels became a notorious stopping point for sailors.</p><p><br /></p><p>“So notorious was the Hook’s reputation as a site for prostitution that (according to one theory) the local sex workers were nicknamed ‘Hookers,’ generating a new moniker for the entire trade,” according to Edwin Burrows and Mike Wallace in <i>Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898</i>.</p><p style="text-align: center"><b>------------------------------</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b><br /></b></p><p>La Isla del encanto is correct!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1646005[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And they definitely celebrate Thanksgiving in Puerto Rico!</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><b>The Puerto Rican Thanksgiving Meal</b></font></p><p>The Puerto Rican Thanksgiving meal combines the American-style turkey with Latin staples like Arroz con Habichuelas (rice and beans), Arroz con Gandules (rice and pigeon peas) and Perníl (roast pork). Pavochón is a popular and delicious Thanksgiving meal in Puerto Rico and consists of a turkey stuffed with mofongo, Puerto Rico’s national dish. And, since Thanksgiving combines with Christmas season on PR, islanders often make Pavochón all throughout the holiday season.</p><p><br /></p><p>We will be back in NYC before Thanksgiving weekend. And it will be a bigger celebration because my mom cooks up a Puerto Rican style dinner and my mother-in-law makes a Dominican Republic style thanksgiving dinner! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie54" alt=":hungry:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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