carabao
noun
(in the Philippines) the wild or domesticated water buffalo: endangered in the wild.
carabaos
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pluralof carabao.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
The peasants preferred to take only 55% if the landlords would provide tools and carabaos.
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 Gilbert, Paul T. (Paul Thomas)
He followed the trail of the stolen carabaos, the renewed lamentations of the distracted mother ringing in his ears.
From Terry A Tale of the Hill People by Thomson, Charles Goff
