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pinata

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pi·ña·ta  (pn-yät)
n.
A decorated container filled with candy and toys suspended from a height, intended to be broken by blindfolded children with sticks, and used as part of Christmas and birthday celebrations in certain Latin-American countries or at children's parties.
[Spanish, from Italian pignatta, a kind of pot, probably from dialectal pigna, pine cone (from its shape), from Latin pnea; see pineal.]
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Noun1.pinatapinata - plaything consisting of a container filled with toys and candy; suspended from a height for blindfolded children to break with sticks
plaything, toy - an artifact designed to be played with
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