vaqueros
- plural of vaquero.
Example Sentences
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The job of refining techniques of riding and roping — while modifying gear and apparel — largely fell to the resourceful vaqueros, from the Spanish word vaca for cow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2026
His family members don’t understand his obsession, his weekends with other vaqueros.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2023
All eyes are on a pair of vaqueros locked arm in arm as they kick the floor with their boots in time with the upbeat song “La Yaquesita.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2022
He recalls spotting vaqueros lining up outside when he was a kid.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2022
His fathers before him were vaqueros, and so he expects us to be men of the llano.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
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