plaza de toros
Americannoun
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Outside the plaza de toros, her mother threw the ears in the gutter.
From Time Magazine Archive
To find a plaza de toros here in the north was disconcerting.
From Heroic Spain by O'Reilly, Elizabeth Boyle
The house inside is handsome, with a chapel and a patio, which is occasionally used as a plaza de toros.
From Life in Mexico by Calderón de la Barca, Madame (Frances Erskine Inglis)
To keep holy the afternoon of Sunday in Spain, one goes ordinarily to the plaza de toros; in the Philippines, to the gallera.
From An Eagle Flight A Filipino Novel Adapted from Noli Me Tangere by Rizal, José
There are, besides, three theatres, an amphitheatre for bull fights, plaza de toros, and several public promenades, such as the Alameda and the Paseo Nuevo; In Turnbull's "Travels in Cuba," published by Longman & Co.,
From Scientific American magazine, Vol. 2 Issue 1 The advocate of Industry and Journal of Scientific, Mechanical and Other Improvements by Porter, Rufus
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