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To be sure, a fledgling Brazilian performer could make a perfectly respectable career, and maybe a bundle besides, recycling unalloyed classics by the likes of Caetano Veloso and João Gilberto, not to mention the oeuvre of venerated "bambas," or samba aces, such as Monarco da Portela and Cartola.
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The sensuous, classically handsome rocker had a girl snuggling up to him on either side, a brunette with a nice tush on his left, and a redhead with great ka-bambas on his right.
Children Of The Night Lackey, Mercedes 1990
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They were, of course, in particular and direful need of _sirutas_ and _bambas_ (knives and hatchets), but their fears of the _tasa-tasa_, or guns, was still stronger than their desires, and their courage had not, until they saw the strangers domiciled as guests in their own habitations, attained the firmness and consistency necessary for a personal approach.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 Various
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The white men could not well avoid laying down their _tasa-tasa_ and disbursing _sirutas_ and _bambas_.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 Various
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Mayo Celebration at La bambas in Goshen Indiana on 5-5-05 ...
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Here I am asking Chelsea Clinton a question at the Cinco De Mayo Celebration at La bambas in
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Cinco De Mayo Celebration at La bambas in Goshen Indiana on 5-5-05 ...
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