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  • FIHB Modern-day pato, aka horseball Play Pato in Argentina Pato, aka horseball, is a 17th-century sport that resembles a cross between polo and basketball—using a live duck.

    A Whole Other Ball Game Heidi Mitchell 2012

  • You have to try the hearts of palm salad with watercress and bacon vinegrette and smoked date puree, as well as the raspado de pato, which is a hudson valley duck breast served over crispy rice mixed with edamame, raisins, and pine nuts.

    Mara Gibbs: Everybody Sleeps and Eats Where? South Beach, Miami 2010

  • Preparation with the bico de pato, which is similar to the chisel plow, is significantly less intensive.

    1. Overview 1991

  • The game is played by two teams of four mounted players, using a leather ball with six handles, dubbed the "pato" or "duck"

    In Soccer-Mad Argentina, the National Sport Is a Lame Duck 2010

  • The only unbreakable rule was that the man in possession of the "pato" had to ride holding it in his outstretched right hand, offering it to an opponent to grab if he was caught up.

    Polo and Pato 2007

  • She had already established a relationship with Pedro, a poultry vendor in the Roses market, who supplies elBulli with chicken for family meal—and called him earlier in the week to request a pato, the biggest one they had, at least six kilos if possible.

    The Sorcerer’s Apprentices Lisa Abend 2011

  • Simple nouns such as pavo, pato, taza, tiza are easily found in any bi-lingual dictionary, and their definitions aren't ambiguous.

    The Scarlet Letter (another word game) 2009

  • Simple nouns such as pavo, pato, taza, tiza are easily found in any bi-lingual dictionary, and their definitions aren't ambiguous.

    The Scarlet Letter (another word game) 2009

  • Simple nouns such as pavo, pato, taza, tiza are easily found in any bi-lingual dictionary, and their definitions aren't ambiguous.

    The Scarlet Letter (another word game) 2009

  • Simple nouns such as pavo, pato, taza, tiza are easily found in any bi-lingual dictionary, and their definitions aren't ambiguous.

    The Scarlet Letter (another word game) 2009

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  • Citation on sumodo.

    May 2, 2009