canasta

Example Sentences

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“She doesn’t know us,” said Digna Orozco, who sells pambazos and tacos de canasta on a dirt patch near semi-trailer truck lots in Fontana.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2024

“Coates had those steely blue eyes, and after the canasta comeback, he threw the cards out the window. He was kind of an out-of-control guy.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2022

The “bible”, a kind of taco encyclopedia which he plans to publish, was the foundation for the show’s six episodes on barbacoa, carnitas, carne asada, tacos de canasta, guisados, and al pastor.

From The Guardian • Jan. 3, 2020

In an independent living center, she has found friends with whom to share meals, movies and canasta games.

From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2016

Once in a while, my mother's canasta friends, who declared they hated pennies in their purses, disposed of them gladly in the whale's mouth or the canopy of cloud.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez