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
There is even rural “gauchopunk” complete with gaucho androids dreaming of electric emus, conjured by Argentine writer Michel Nieva in a tongue-in-cheek reference to Philip K. Dick’s “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?”
From New York Times • Jun. 10, 2023
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
Now, the gaucho singer-songwriter has returned to the music market with “Dios los cría,” much of which was recorded between 2016 and 2018.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2021
Instead of returning the worthless stub with thanks he dropped it on the floor, intending, as he said afterwards, to ask the gaucho to do him the favor of taking a fresh one.
From The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia by Spears, John R.
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South America - Middle School
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South America - High School
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