banderillero

Example Sentences

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When the bull first comes in he is played by banderillero and matador with capes.

From Time Magazine Archive

He began his career as a banderillero, became one of the best in the business, and then made the unusual transition to matador.

From Time Magazine Archive

His older brother was with him as a banderillero, but he did not live in this hotel.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

Often from a cage, or from a netting hidden in the ornaments of a banderillero, came out birds, which joyously took up their flight.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 by Warner, Charles Dudley

That banderillero," said Jacinta, sweetly, "should have been driven out of the ring.

From For Jacinta by Bindloss, Harold