- a variation of tyro.
tiro
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tiros
plural
noun
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Near La Pechina, at Valencia, where the great tiro de las palomas takes place, was found, in 1759, an inscription: Sodalicium vernarum colentes Isid.
From Spanish Life in Town and Country by William Harbutt Dawson
The part taken by Rowley in this play is easy for any tiro in criticism to verify.
From The Age of Shakespeare by Algernon Charles Swinburne
No intelligent tiro in history can read that page without being set a-thinking, without feeling that he has a formidable problem to solve.
From Studies in Early Victorian Literature by Frederic Harrison
Tiro se o tem, Mi-duvel, tiro o zoozlu vast, tiro sor koskopen drey sor cheros.
From The Zincali: an account of the gypsies of Spain by George Henry Borrow
Man nasher lis avrī tiro zī miri chavi.”
From The Gypsies by Charles Godfrey Leland
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
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
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
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