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
This is not because the gaucho is a glutton, but because a meat diet does not fully satisfy the demands of the human system.
From The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia by John R. Spears
Developed around 2016, the BolaWrap was modeled after the bolas used by gauchos to wrangle animals.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 29, 2020
Strip away the Humvees and athletic fields, and the base could be an Argentine estancia, home to gauchos instead of guardsmen.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2019
Across the great landscape of understanding are the gauchos, at once both rugged and audacious.
From New York Times ● Jun. 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
The bar was thrust into the ground so that the beef was inclined like a shelter tent above the blazing fire, and there it remained for about two hours, being turned occasionally by the gauchos.
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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