toledo

Example Sentences

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As I left the river, I heard the whistle of the beautiful "toledo," so called because its note resembles these syllables, clearly and slowly whistled, with the emphasis on the last two.

From The Naturalist in Nicaragua by Belt, Thomas

I had a long chase after the toledo.

From The Naturalist in Nicaragua by Belt, Thomas

He entered the chamber, arrayed in full suit of regimentals, and carrying his trusty toledo, not girded on his thigh, but tucked under his arm.

From Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete by Irving, Washington

The Collector, old as he is, will buckle on his toledo in that quarrel.

From Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's by Kennedy, John P.