- a variation of tyro.
tiro
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tiros
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noun
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Moro Dad, savo djives oteh drey o charos, te caumen Gorgio ta Romany Chal tiro nav, te awel tiro tem, te kairen tiro lav aukko prey puv, sar kairdios oteh drey o charos.
From The Zincali: an account of the gypsies of Spain by George Henry Borrow
"You will excuse my putting it so plainly, Smiles, but I may venture a guess that in the matter of conducting a theatrical tour you are, comparatively speaking, a tiro?"
From True Tilda by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Verbs of complying with and of opposing govern a dative case, as Nunquam obtemperat tiro hodiernus magistro: A modern apprentice never obeys his master.
From The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue by John Leech
By the side of Mr. Drax Homer, Edgar Allan Poe is a fumbler, and Gaboriau the veriest tiro.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, April 5, 1916 by Sir Owen Seaman
As for Aristotle, that tiro in all arts was a tiro here too.
From Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 by F. G. (Francis George) Fowler
Los tiros, as fireworks are known to the area’s Dominican inhabitants, should not be just for those watching the highly choreographed shows put on by the Grucci family.
From New York Times ● Jul. 3, 2014
When Murmex returned he had him matched with the best of these tiros.
From Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire by Edward Lucas White
When tiros are being taught their first lesson in sliding, they should be placed on very short slides, say 3 inches at most.
From Boating by W. B. Woodgate
A patron's service is a strange career; The tiros love it, but the experts fear.
From The Satires, Epistles, and Art of Poetry by John Conington
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