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The tarro, which is planted, is from two to three feet high, and has fine large leaves and tubercles, similar to the potato, but which do not taste very good when roasted.
A Woman's Journey Round the World Ida Pfeiffer 1827
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Jaim Klein, you are "meando fuera del tarro" (así se dice en Buenos Aires, no fuera de la maceta).
Juntas vs. Open Societies, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Jaim Klein, I can see that you like "mear fuera del tarro" (see dictionaries of "lunfardo" available in Internet).
Juntas vs. Open Societies, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Drop into Salón Corona, a family cantina at Calle Bolívar 24, and in business since 1928, for a tarro (large mug) of draft Corona — light, dark, or mixed (campechana) — for US$1.
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Drop into Salón Corona, a family cantina at Calle Bolívar 24, and in business since 1928, for a tarro (large mug) of draft Corona — light, dark, or mixed (campechana) — for US$1.
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-Hallan entre las ruinas de Alejandría un tarro con una enigmática inscripción
Archive 2008-09-01 Jan 2008
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-Hallan entre las ruinas de Alejandría un tarro con una enigmática inscripción
Christ the Magus Jan 2008
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He instances the Manihot utilissima, whose roots yield a fine flour; the tarro (Colocasia esculenta), the Spanish or red pepper, the tomato, the bamboo, the guava, the mango-fruit, and especially the banana.
Atlantis : the antediluvian world Ignatius Donnelly 1866
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The country above the town rises in an amphitheatre, planted with tarro-root, sugar-cane, and banana, and the view to landward is bounded by precipitous mountains invading the clouds, and thickly overgrown with fine trees.
A New Voyage Round the World, in the years 1823, 24, 25, and 26, Vol. 2 Otto von Kotzebue 1816
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The food of the lower classes consisted chiefly of fish, yams, sweet potatoes, tarro-root, bananas, sugar-canes, and bread-fruit.
A New Voyage Round the World, in the years 1823, 24, 25, and 26, Vol. 2 Otto von Kotzebue 1816
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