Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A desperate man.
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Examples
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David, I'm so glad to know that ya'll are okay. got an email from hilary saying ana and crew are in perdido. are you/fly. going to virginia?
Happy Birthday, Annou! Slimbolala 2005
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Properly it is the Span. "perdido," a youth cast off (Khala ') by his friends; though not so strong a term as "Harfúsh" = a blackguard.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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Hence perhaps a castaway, a "perdido," one careless of his life.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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To punish this daring, the Jinkomba brought a man masked like a white, with beard and whiskers, who is supposed to strike the stranger with awe: it was all in vain, I had learned to trill the R as roundly as themselves, and they presently left me as a "perdido," an incorrigible.
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 Richard Francis Burton 1855
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Anyways, another uncle of mine lived not far from there close to perdido key. we went to the beach one day for a long time.
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They fish under the perdido pass bridge and beside the jetties.
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Las telefónicas han perdido su mayor elemento de retención de clientes: ¡Ya los números telefónicos NO son su propiedad!
Global Voices in English » Dominican Republic: Switching Companies While Keeping Mobile Number 2009
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They fish under the perdido pass bridge and beside the jetties.
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Não tiveram pra onde ir, ninguém veio buscar. entre uma conversa e outra, um vacilão falando que tinha muito oportinista na favela, muito cara que pegou casa sem precisar, pois já tinha seu barraco, logo foi calado pela multidão que beirava o córrego, com gritos um tiozinho chegou e falou que ninguém tava brincando de ter lucro ali não, que ninguém tava fingindo que precisava morar, que ele havia perdido tudo pro trator.
Global Voices in English » Brazil: Outrage at violent São Paulo eviction 2009
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Anyways, another uncle of mine lived not far from there close to perdido key. we went to the beach one day for a long time.
oroboros commented on the word perdido
Spanish: lost
September 12, 2007
seanahan commented on the word perdido
see perdition for Latin roots fun.
September 12, 2007