padrones
- plural of padrone.
Example Sentences
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The importation of contract laborers, usually under the direction of padrones, from Greece, Italy, and Austria-Hungary.
From Aliens or Americans? by Grose, Howard B. (Howard Benjamin)
One of the padrones intercepted these notifications and sold them to the men for five dollars apiece, making also the usual bargain for a share of their wages.
From Democracy and Social Ethics by Addams, Jane
The men uncovered their heads, as the noble padrones passed.
From The Title Market by Soper, J. H. Gardner
The men admitted that the padrones had paid their passage and agreed to furnish them work.
From Aliens or Americans? by Grose, Howard B. (Howard Benjamin)
The steamship companies had to bear the expense of taking them back, but the padrones have not suffered any penalty, and will go on with their unlawful work.
From Aliens or Americans? by Grose, Howard B. (Howard Benjamin)
