pamperos
- plural of pampero.
Example Sentences
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The boisterous south-west winds, extensions of River Plate pamperos, are heralded by clear blue skies.
From The Cruise of the 'Alerte' The narrative of a search for treasure on the desert island of Trinidad by Knight, E. F. (Edward Frederick)
The craft on the rivers are, however, often caught in these pamperos, and driven into the bush, or upset, when the swift current carries down the best of swimmers to a watery grave.
From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by Kingston, William Henry Giles
I had had some experience of pamperos, and was not fond of them.
From The Cruise of the 'Alerte' The narrative of a search for treasure on the desert island of Trinidad by Knight, E. F. (Edward Frederick)
The fierce pamperos render the navigation of this estuary oftentimes precarious.
From Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America by Ballou, Maturin Murray
Then, after checks on sandbanks and hindrances from pamperos, Buenos Ayres was touched at, then Monte Video, with its busy port.
From Rob Harlow's Adventures A Story of the Grand Chaco by Burton, W.
