banderilla
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For the banderilla: In a medium bowl, combine mojo picón and Manchego cheese, stirring to coat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2018
The Judge will plant a banderilla here and there, you may be sure.
From The Spanish Jade by William Henry Hyde
A prettier conceit is that of confining small birds in paper cages, which come apart when the banderilla is planted, and set the little fluttering captives free.
From Castilian Days by John Hay
In one of Goya's bull-fighting sketches, we may see a Moor, with a cloak on the left arm, and a dart in the right hand, practising the suerte de banderilla.
From The Story of Seville by C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine) Hartley
The jaunty insouciance of the young range-rider irritated him as a banderilla goads a bull in the ring.
From Steve Yeager by William MacLeod Raine
Using thin skewers or long toothpicks, assemble 16 banderillas, threading 1 cheese cube, 1 quail egg, 1 cornichon, 1 pickled onion, and 1 piquillo strip on each.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2018
Or, banderillas can be made up to two days ahead and kept covered in the refrigerator.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2018
As far as Kantner’s volatile sensibilities were concerned, blue uniforms were like a flaring red cape to a thrice-gored bull still smarting from the banderillas.
From Time ● Jun. 12, 2015
The placing of banderillas by special Portuguese horsemen was a beautiful exhibition.''
From Time Magazine Archive
It was here that the same difficulty arose, for alas! it could not be expected that the poor bull, who had shown no relish whatever for the pica, should evince any taste for the banderillas.
From The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II by Various
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