zanjero

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Near the crossing of a canal she saw a zanjero turning the water through a new delivery gate into a new ditch, and checking El

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  1. A man who patrols irrigation ditches to keep them in order or repair. See ditch-rider. Also zangero. L. M. Wilcox, Irrigation Fanning, p. 163.

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  • Near the crossing of a canal she saw a zanjero turning the water through a new delivery gate into a new ditch, and checking El —  The Winning of Barbara Worth
 

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  1. American Spanish, from Spanish zanja, a ditch.
 

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