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Definition of Burros
1. burro [n] - See also: burro
Lexicographical Neighbors of Burros
Literary usage of Burros
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Camp and Trail by Stewart Edward White (1907)
"CHAPTER XI HORSES, MULES, burros A GOOD riding mule, when you can get him, and
provided you intend to use him only for trail travel in the mountains, ..."
2. American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1902)
"... LACEPEDE The burros This genus is composed of small shore-fishes, some of its
representatives being found in most tropical seas. ..."
3. The Wonders of the Colorado Desert (southern California) Its Rivers and Its by George Wharton James (1906)
"On our trips we had three burros, Babe, Kate, and Jennie. Babe was happy in the
recent acquisition of a baby, and as soon as I saw her I dubbed her ..."
4. Our Country: West (1897)
"... Rocky Mountain burros. Stupid, sleepy and slow-moving as he is, the Rocky
Mountain donkey, or burro, has been an important factor in the development and ..."
5. My American Diary by Clare Sheridan (1922)
"more sombrero'd people and more flocks of laden burros, and more houses with
little "patios," than in Mexico. The shops are more attractive because they ..."
6. Terry's Mexico: Handbook for Travellers by Thomas Philip Terry (1909)
"burros. Highways. The Railways (ferrocarriles or caminos de hierro), most of
which are under Government control, are excellent, well managed, and remarkably ..."
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