gauchos

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More than two centuries ago (very ancient times for South America) the gauchos were accustomed to take the lining of the rhea's stomach, dried and powdered, for ailments caused by impaired digestion; and the remedy is popular still.

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  • 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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