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Portuguese
Etymology
From English sleeper in railway sleeper.
Pronunciation
Noun
chulipa f (plural chulipas)
- (dated, Portugal) railway sleeper or railroad tie (piece of timber laid crossways to and supporting the rails of a railroad)
- Synonyms: (Brazil) dormente, (Portugal) travessa
1959, Aquilino Ribeiro, Filhas da Babilónia, Livrarias Aillaud & Bertrand, page 89:O comboio vai cauteloso por um troço da via em reparação, tropeando nos railhes com a ligeireza folgada dum menino a saltar de chulipa em chulipa.- The train goes carefully through a part of the railway being repaired, stumbling on the rails with the swiftness of a boy jumping from sleeper to sleeper.
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