arroyo

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Down in the arroyo was the little fenced patch where corn and chile and beans were raised, and behind the house was a round goat corral of wattled brush.

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  1. noun A deep gully cut by an intermittent stream; a dry gulch.
  2. noun A brook; a creek.

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  • I reckoned this here arroyo was as good a place as any to hole up. —  ElleryQueen'sMysteryMagazine,February2003
  • Ride up the arroyo, and when you are clear of the ranch, ride for the hills to the west Ham was confused. —  147 - Rock Sinister
  • The route he was taking led down an arroyo, adjoining the deep coulee that held the power plant of the rustling death. —  107 - The Rustling Death
  • Out of the arroyo, I hear Dane call up to tell me the location of the bolts.
  • Even the ruder hearts of our companions seemed touched by the same influence We entered the dark woods that fringed the arroyo, and the stream was crossed in silence. —  The Rifle Rangers
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  1. Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *arrugius, gold mine, underground passage, variant of Latin arrugia, a galleried mine.

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  1. Spanish, Old Spanish arrogio, = Portuguese arroio, from Middle Latin arrogium; cf. Middle Latin rogium, rogia, a stream for irrigation (Diez); origin unknown.
 

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