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chalcamahuitl.

Headword: 
chalcamahuitl.
Principal English Translation: 

one who plays with greenstone pieces, cultural jade, jadeite, or chalchihuites (see attestations)

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

Chalcamahuitl, 102, él que juega con chalchihuitl, jugador de un juego semejante al de las matatenas, metaf. chancero, burlón.
Manuel Orozco y Berra, Historia antigua y de la conquista de México: 1. pte.(1880), 467.