chulo
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In another case related by a spectator, a chulo, in his attempt to escape, slipped when close to the barrier.
From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 by Various
"The debt is on my side, señor," said the chulo, looking steadily into the pallid face of the young cavalier.
From The Spanish Cavalier A Story of Seville by A. L. O. E.
The bull’s violence is instantly diverted by a chulo, who flaunts the red cape, and the picador is quickly extricated by vigilant satellites.
From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 by Various
"It is a shame to put me with such as these," said the talkative chulo; "I am a political offender," he added, with something like pride.
From The Spanish Cavalier A Story of Seville by A. L. O. E.
"What is to Claret and the rest of 'em what the red flag is to the bull," observed Diego the chulo.
From The Spanish Cavalier A Story of Seville by A. L. O. E.
These chulos exhibit the most wonderful skill and address in evading the assault of the bull.
From Castilian Days by John Hay
His certain end was at hand if the chulos had not come to his assistance with their gay draperies.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle by Kuno Francke
In our estimation, he encounters far less risk than does the humblest of the banderilleros or chulos, who torment the bull face to face in the fullness of his physical strength and courage.
From Due South or Cuba Past and Present by Maturin Murray Ballou
All this, the constant surge of horse and mechanical conveyances, the shrill cries of the newsboys flashing pink papers like chulos at an angry bull, the roar of the town, made Victoria understand the city.
From A Bed of Roses by Walter Lionel George
They advance in a glittering line: first the marshals of the day, then the picadors on horseback, then the matadors on foot surrounded each by his quadrille of chulos.
From Castilian Days by John Hay
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