piñata
noun
pi·ña·ta
pēn-ˈyä-tə
pin-
variants
or pinata
: a decorated vessel (such as of papier-mâché) filled with candies, fruits, and gifts and hung up to be broken with sticks by blindfolded persons as part of especially Latin American festivities (as at Christmas or for a birthday party)
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