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In earlier times one of these routes was known as the "Spanish Trail," from Santa Fe to San Antonio de Bexar, of Texas; and lest travellers should lose their way, several points were marked with "palos," or stakes.
The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico Mayne Reid 1850
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I'd forgotten or never knew that "palos" is the Tagalog word for a large slippery eel.
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Every stomp of a foot, every strum of the guitar, must fall precisely within a certain rhythmic pattern called el compás and that there are probably fifty different styles or palos.
A Conversation with Sarah Bird, author of the novel The Flamenco Academy 2010
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Y los palos del telégrafo caminando en fila india.
veruscio Diary Entry veruscio 2008
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Extendunt cordam longam super terram ad duos palos fixos in terra, et ad illam cordam ligant circiter horas tres, pullos equarum quas volunt mungere.
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Extendunt cordam longam super terram ad duos palos fixos in terra, et ad illam cordam ligant circiter horas tres, pullos equarum quas volunt mungere.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Tenia asimesmo sogas, costales, cestas, y troxes de oro y plata; rimeros de palos de oro, que pareciesen leña rajada para quemar.
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En esto inundaron la estancia más de cincuenta hombres y mujeres, armados con palos, puñales y pistolas, dando tremendos alaridos y lanzando fuego por los ojos.
Novelas Cortas Pedro Antonio de Alarc��n 1862
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"They may not know palos or new-wave keyboards, but they are willing to listen,"
NY Daily News 2010
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LADIES LEATHER JACKET - $15 (palos heights) i have used leather jacket in very good condition
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