de gorra
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From the custom at the University of Salamanca in the 16th century of rich students paying poor students for various tasks; the poor students were also invited to eat for free at banquets, where they stood out from the rich students by wearing simple caps (gorras).[1]
Adverb edit
- (idiomatic) on someone's dime, at the expense of someone else
Derived terms edit
References edit
Further reading edit
- “de gorra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014