gauchos

• They would not probably find or take advantage of tartan shawls, Chinese slippers, or even potting-sheds there as nesting-places; and I am certain they would give a wide berth to two "gauchos" sitting eating their dinner of dried meat, each with his "bolas" or lasso lying handy by his side. —  MY STRANGE PETS AND Other Memories of Country Life
• The snake was the dreaded vibora de la cruz, as the gauchos call it, a pit-viper of the same family as the fer-de-lance, the bush-master, and the rattlesnake. —  Far Away And Long Ago
• Indians and gauchos were sent flying south like thistledown before the wind; but all being well mounted, not many were killed So ended that danger, and I think we boys were all a little disappointed that no use had been made of our bright beautiful bullets. —  Far Away And Long Ago
• They arrived in a whooping, wild-riding horde which understandably could have alarmed anyone who did not know gauchos, the finest horsemen and the loudest show-offs in the world. —  147 - Rock Sinister
• The Orlando investment firm that snapped up Sal & Carvao a few years ago must have known there were enough knickered "gauchos" scampering around River North's Brazilian-themed feeding factories to occupy a flattened rain forest.

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