carabao
Americannoun
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carabaos
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of carabao
First recorded in 1895–1900; from Philippine Spanish, from Visayan karabáw, apparently from Malay kerbau, perhaps ultimately a borrowing from an Austroasiatic source; compare Khmer krapī, also borrowed into Thai as krabụ̄
Vocabulary lists containing carabao
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But aides said there was no sumptuous banquet or champagne, just a meal for 627 guests showcasing the country's culinary heritage, including coconut pith spring rolls, a cheese made from carabao milk and durian tartlets.
From Reuters ● Jun. 30, 2016
Volker's is a quiet, hippie homestead with handmade Adirondack chairs, a treehouse for backpackers, truck-tire lawn furniture, a rainwater Jacuzzi, and a wandering carabao named Carrie who serves as the de facto lawn mower.
From Slate ● Mar. 2, 2012
For Sir Archibald Clark Kerr, Britain's special envoy to Indonesia, time dragged as sluggishly as a sick carabao.
From Time Magazine Archive
I covered the operation from a carabao cart, crouching low behind the swaying black rump of a carabao named Plaridel as we drove north from Manila.
From Time Magazine Archive
When he imagined himself getting squashed by a carabao or a jeepney, it terrified him, even though he wasn’t completely sure what either of those things were.
From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly
The peasants preferred to take only 55% if the landlords would provide tools and carabaos.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sixty-two years ago Gregorio Aglipay was a peasant boy who drove his grandfather's carabaos through the main streets of Batac.
From Time Magazine Archive
Small farmers have no tools; most of their clumsy carabaos, the Filipinos' animal of all work, had been slaughtered for food.
From Time Magazine Archive
With the exception of the fighting-cock, chickens, dogs, pigs, and carabaos are left to forage for themselves.
From The Great White Tribe in Filipinia by Paul T. (Paul Thomas) Gilbert
Friends come Page 289from near and far; and rice, pigs, cows or carabaos are prepared for food, while basi flows freely.
From The Tinguian Social, Religious, and Economic Life of a Philippine Tribe by Fay-Cooper Cole
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