What does chafero mean?
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What does it mean?
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updated Dec 29, 2010
edited by 002262dd
posted by chava345
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It comes from the word "chafar", which means "to wrinkle". These people are hired by dry cleaning companies to sneak into peoples houses and wrinkle up their laundry that was washed without following the laundering instructions on the label. They often moonlight as calcetineros and steal one or two unmatched socks from the dryer.
updated Dec 29, 2010
posted by lorenzo9
So is the calcetinero the person who sneaks into the laundry and steals one sock of a pair? - KevinB, Dec 29, 2010
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This is pure slang. It comes from the word "chafa", which means "cheap". "chafero" is used to refer to somebody who sells cheap merchandise, cheap stuff.
updated Dec 29, 2010
posted by neobarba
