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  • She stood atop a pickup to address the Union Square crowd, which chanted in Spanish: "Primero de Mayo, dio proletario," meaning, "May 1, workers' day."

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • "Primero" was a 16th century Spanish game which involved three cards being dealt to each player.

    maple.nu - published 2008

  • Final _o_ changes into _a_ for the feminine, and the plural is formed by adding _s_.] "Primero," "tercero," and "Postrero" drop the = O = before a masculine noun singular, [64] as --

    Pitman's Commercial Spanish Grammar (2nd ed.) C. A. Toledano

  • [The phrase "set up my rest" is a metaphor from the once fashionable game of Primero, meaning, to stand upon the cards you have in your hand, in hopes they may prove better than those of your adversary.

    Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 40: November/December 1665 Samuel Pepys 1668

  • [The phrase "set up my rest" is a metaphor from the once fashionable game of Primero, meaning, to stand upon the cards you have in your hand, in hopes they may prove better than those of your adversary.

    Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1665 N.S. Samuel Pepys 1668

  • [The phrase "set up my rest" is a metaphor from the once fashionable game of Primero, meaning, to stand upon the cards you have in your hand, in hopes they may prove better than those of your adversary.

    Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete Samuel Pepys 1668

  • [The phrase "set up my rest" is a metaphor from the once fashionable game of Primero, meaning, to stand upon the cards you have in your hand, in hopes they may prove better than those of your adversary.

    The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Nov/Dec 1665 Pepys, Samuel 1665

  • I will have to listen for "Primero Dios", not sure that I have heard it.

    Si Dios me permite...... 2009

  • Primero Río Piedras, después el Caño, ahora Ceiba.

    Global Voices in English » Puerto Rico: “Such is Life” 2009

  • I will have to listen for "Primero Dios", not sure that I have heard it.

    Si Dios me permite...... 2009

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