Lexicographical Neighbors of Tapadero
Literary usage of Tapadero
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dialect Notes by American Dialect Society (1896)
"See cuarta. ranchero (p. 194). Add : According to Captain Hardie this word is
used very extensively. reboso (p. 194). Add : Also rebozo. See tapadero. ..."
2. Neuman and Baretti's Dictionary of the Spanish and English Languages by Henry Neuman, Giuseppe Baretti (1851)
"TAPADERA, if. A loose lid or moveable cover of a pot or other vessel. TA s-;
v-.", .-•in. Hob, a play among boys ; bone used in this play. tapadero, im. ..."
3. Knocking Around the Rockies by Ernest Ingersoll (1883)
"A moment after the tapadero was struck, and I was just beginning to guess at the
truth, when I saw the heels of that mule fly up. ..."
4. The Cowboy: His Characteristics, His Equipment, and His Part in the by Philip Ashton Rollins (1922)
"The technical name of this cover was "tapadero," though colloquially this almost
always was shortened into "tap." Commonly each side of each of the "taps" ..."
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