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  • noun Plural form of fronton.

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Examples

  • I've been to frontons from Miami to Tijuana (yes, there's one in TJ, and I've won enough to pay for a weekend there), and I think that one could do well here.

    Your Right Hand Thief 2008

  • I've spent a fair number of hours in Floridian frontons, and I think it's an entertaining game.

    Archive 2008-03-01 2008

  • I've spent a fair number of hours in Floridian frontons, and I think it's an entertaining game.

    Your Right Hand Thief 2008

  • Voters in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties here in South Florida get a chance to go to the polls today to vote on whether or not Vegas-style slot machines will be allowed in race tracks and jai-alai frontons.

    March 2005 2005

  • • Results pending: Authorize Miami-Dade, Broward counties to hold referendums on allowing slot machines at racetracks, jai alai frontons.

    USATODAY.com - Issues: 11 states nix gay marriage; Calif. OKs stem-cell work 2004

  • These porticos and their frontons are ornamented with a great many statues and bas-reliefs, some of which pulled down during the revolution, have since been replaced.

    Historical Sketch of the Cathedral of Strasburg Anonymous

  • The frontons of the other porticos are also adorned with _rosaces_.

    Historical Sketch of the Cathedral of Strasburg Anonymous

  • Des mains des rois sculptés, des frontons et des niches,

    L'Escurial 1920

  • Twelve niches, five of which open into the partition of the temple, and two on the right and left of the entrance, are crowned by frontons alternately circular and triangular, and are said to have contained statues.

    The Idler in France Marguerite Blessington 1819

  • High-stakes games will become legal at 23 poker rooms run by horse and dog tracks and Jai Alai frontons.

    CBS 4 - South Florida's Source for Breaking News, Weather, and Sports 2010

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