pardo

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In terms of race, he is what the Brazilians would call a "pardo."

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  • La Oruga Muy Hambrienta, Colores and Oso pardo, oso pardo, ¿qué ves ahí? are three of my children's favorite books. —  Mother Talkers
  • The Chinese also exacted an oath of secrecy from the saint, that no torments, however cruel, should bring him to confess either the name or the house of him who had set him on shore Footnote 1: A pardo (says Tavernier) is of the value of twenty-seven sous, French money; ten of which make about a shilling English Xavier made as solemn an engagement as he could desire, not without knowledge of the hazard which he ran, as himself related to one of his dearest friends. —  The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 16
  • In terms of race, he is what the Brazilians would call a "pardo." —  Latest Articles
  • The cura alone was in good spirits, and ready to back the "pardo" for another main. —  The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico
  • Beautiful, too, were the _oleo pardo_ and —  Across Unknown South America
 

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