gaucho
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Gauchito Gil depicts a traditional Argentine cowboy known as the gaucho, a long-haired man with a mustache, red handkerchief around his neck and belt.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 8, 2024
One gaucho with a faded pink beret and a scar over a missing eye shrugged.
From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2022
On Thursday, Dudamel presented the full ballet score that follows the day in the life of a gaucho out to prove himself and win his love.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2022
It was brought to Argentina's sprawling plains, or pampas, by British immigrants in the late 1800s, where it found a home alongside the South American country's iconic gaucho cowboys.
From Reuters ● Apr. 12, 2022
The gaucho will gather the berries because they are everywhere abundant.
From The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia by John R. Spears
In 17th-century Argentina, gauchos flaunted their strength and agility through a lightning-quick percussive dance called malambo, often facing off in dance battles to prove their mettle.
From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2020
West’s collection of freaks, cons, cowboys and unpredictable women in his 1939 “The Day of the Locust” predates Steely Dan’s own collection of freaks, cons and gauchos by 33 years.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 12, 2018
“We used to see gauchos making their own bridles, knives, belts, all by hand. We decided to do the same thing, but in the city.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2018
“He lived simply, and for others, at one with the gauchos and poor folk.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2016
Although this was the first time I had seen beef roasted in just that fashion, I was much more interested in the gauchos and certain other things they did than in their roast of beef.
From The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia by John R. Spears
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South America - Middle School
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