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“There are men,” replied Miss Hathaway, as several dark beribboned heads appeared above the rebosos.

From A Daughter of the Vine by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

The veranda was crowded with girls, the sparkling faces draped in black mantillas or bright rebosos, the full gay gowns fluttering in the breeze.

From The Splendid Idle Forties Stories of Old California by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

The girls wore white or flowered silk or muslin gowns, and rebosos about their heads; the brown ugly dueñas, ever at their sides, were foils they would gladly have dispensed with.

From The Doomswoman An Historical Romance of Old California by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

She spun the threads with which the rebosos were woven.

From The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico by Evans, L.

The matrons brought their stiff robes of red and yellow satin, the girls as many flowered silks and lawns, mantillas and rebosos, as the family carretas would hold.

From Rezanov by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn