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vaquero
[ vah-kair-oh; Spanish vah-ke-raw ]
noun
, plural va·que·ros [vah-, kair, -ohz, vah-, ke, -raws].
- Southwestern U.S. a cowboy or herdsman.
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No horse is mine;––if I walk abroad for my own health a vaquero ever is after me that I ride back with no fatigue to myself!
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One vaquero sent his rope flying through the air, and the loop settled over a big, hairy fore paw.
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Wilkes describes him as a dashing, gay "vaquero," half-Indian in his characteristics, but very useful to the new community.
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Accordingly, the vaquero was directed to look after the mules while Frank and Joe went to work with pick, shovel, and pan.
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Prodding his belly persistently, the vaquero followed him back, step by step.
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