perfecto
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of perfecto
1890–95, < Spanish: literally, perfect
Example Sentences
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Just more than a month later, the Dodgers won the World Series — making Browning the lone pitcher to toss a perfecto against the team that won the championship that same year.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 19, 2022
Counting an out he got at the end of the start before his perfecto, Sasaki has now retired 52 consecutive batters.
From New York Times • Apr. 22, 2022
Fischer, with a will to win perhaps unmatched in the history of the game, fashioned some of the most improbable win streaks ever, including the only 11-0 perfecto in the 1963-64 U.S. national championship.
From Washington Times • Aug. 10, 2021
He follows the course of a single game, Felix Hernandez’s perfecto against the Tampa Bay Rays on Aug. 15, 2012.
From Washington Post • Aug. 4, 2017
I told R. that if I never saw his face or his silly brother’s again, it was perfecto with me!
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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