mecate
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of mecate
1840–50; < Mexican Spanish < Nahuatl mecatl cord, rope
Example Sentences
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By the time we arrived at Teresita’s house, towing the bleating goat by a mecate, an old rope, tied in a sailor’s knot around its neck, the sun was completely out.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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