Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A horse with patchy markings of white and another color. Also called paint.
- adj. Mottled; pied.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Piebald.
- n. A piebald animal; specifically, the calico or painted pony of Texas.
- n. A Portuguese gold coin of the eighteenth century, equal to 400 reis.
- n. In the Philippine Islands, a door.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Lit., painted; hence, piebald; mottled; pied.
- n. Any pied animal; esp., a pied or “painted” horse.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a spotted or calico horse or pony
Etymologies
- Spanish pinto ("painted, mottled"). (Wiktionary)
- Spanish, piebald, spotted, from Vulgar Latin *pīnctus, past participle of Latin pingere, to paint. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“I've been eating it on hot dogs, hamburgers and in pinto beans since I was a little boy.”
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“Jack called a pinto, but Russ said it was a calico pony.”
“The pinto was an example of that from that time period.”
“It has a higher protein content (23 – 30%) than common beans such as pinto, kidney, and navy, as well as higher levels of oil, calcium, iron, magnesium, zinc, phosphorus, and potassium.”
“But he was the more astonished in noticing that her mustang was as distinct and peculiar as herself -- a mongrel mare of the extraordinary type known as a "pinto," or "calico" horse, mottled in lavender and pink, Arabian in proportions, and half broken!”
“Green beans are in the same family as shell beans, such as pinto beans, black beans and kidney beans.”
“The thing that they need to do is find someone the "pinto" democrats would vote for.6/27/2005 08:20:00 PM|W|P| JaneAZ|W|P|Hey Elizabeth”
“Besides coal, the most prized raw material in Donetsk these days may be the pinto bean.”
“A slice of whole-wheat or rye bread contains about 2 grams, a cup of green beans provides 4 grams and a cup of pinto beans contains roughly 15 grams.”
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“Confronted by a suspicious sheriff, the newcomers offer to treat everyone in town to a delicious meal made from a single pellet here a pinto bean, in European versions a stone or nail, provided that they can borrow a pot.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘pinto’.
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Brand Theft Auto
A marque list for cars--models or companies who've used common words as their name.
explorer, navigator, frontier, mustang, quest, cougar, sidekick, legend, legacy, ranger, voyager, civic and 266 more...
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horses
everything horses
horse, bay, bloodhorse, bloodstock, bolter, broncho, bronco, brumby, bucker, buckjumper, cob, cocktail and 200 more...
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AGRI - horse breeding
driving, implement, Trot, speed, exhale, dope, obstacle, tail, plow, coloration, para, weaving and 678 more...
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elvesoncrack's Words
lachrymose, blustering, fjord, chihuahua, chiffon, catalytic, stile, gefilte, prosh, thwart, ralph, ickle and 379 more...
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cutting words
sarcasm, sarx, sarcoptic, syssarcosis, shrew, shrewd, screed, scred, shroud, scroll, scrod, scrutiny and 326 more...
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Damieng's Words
lupine, sapor, boz imp, imp, ovine, saracen, haberdashery, tiebar, shill, cutler, cutaway, lucite and 218 more...
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Hedgepiglet
Words for things both tangible and nonanthropic
rorqual, vellus, wrasse, rainbow bee-eater, tinkershire, lemonquat, boomslang, tufted vetch, cubeb, nipplefruit, madapple, wad and 447 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, P
pellucid, pertain, pampas, prate, pinecone, philistine, pantocrator, papaverine, postmeridian, potlatch, pharology, pinniped and 622 more...
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Equitation
Including but not limited to: horse breeds, horse terms, and items of equine interest.
appaloosa, percheron, ardennes, belgian, clydesdale, morgan, arabian, quarter horse, morab, shire, sheffield, boulonnais and 67 more...
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rig-marole
interesting vehicles
zamboni, unimog, thresher, road train, combine, amphicar, caterpillar, mini moke, semi, lorry, tro tro, yarder and 14 more...
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Pelage
Words used to describe the color and pattern of mammalian fur.
agouti, brindle, calico, tortoiseshell, roan, bay, bluepoint, claybank, ginger, palomino, cameo, chinchilla and 33 more...
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niblet's Words
plonk, blootered, wombat, squash, fiend, slather, goon, slickery, balloon, baboon, spork, glop and 9 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for pinto.
treeseed The pinto bean (Spanish: frijol pinto, literally "painted bean") is named for its mottled skin (compare pinto horse), hence it is a type of mottled bean. It is the most common bean in the United States and northwestern Mexico, and is most often eaten whole in broth or mashed and refried. Either whole or mashed, it is a common filling for burritos. The young pods may also be used as green beans.
_Wikipedia Jan 27, 2008