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charro
[ chahr-oh; Spanish chahr-raw ]
noun
- a Mexican horseman or cowboy, typically one wearing an elaborate outfit, often with silver decorations, of tight trousers, ruffled shirt, short jacket, and sombrero.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of charro1
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Example Sentences
“The simpler, the better” tends to be the rule with these things; mine was just refried charro beans and melted Monterrey Jack.
Hoover was a famously buttoned-up man, but the oilmen around the Del Charro pool did their best to loosen him up.
Hobby and Rayburn were only the first in a stream of politicians to stay in touch with goings-on at Del Charro.
He was wearing one of the new Mexican charro-style jackets, black laced with silver.
Dressed in one of his charro outfits or in badly pressed whites, whip or quirt in hand, he epitomized Petaca.
His battered magnificence of a charro garb fitted well the diabolic character which Jacqueline assigned him.
It was faced with scarlet silk; and the charro elegance beneath was black and resplendent.
A few minutes later Jacqueline beheld a tall figure in elegant charro garb striding the length of her salon.
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