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Definition of Compadres
1. compadre [n] - See also: compadre
Lexicographical Neighbors of Compadres
Literary usage of Compadres
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lima: Or, Sketches of the Capital of Peru, Historical, Statistical by Manuel Atanasio Fuentes (1866)
"At the cost of two or three piastres, or less, she prepares a tabla de compadres,
which is nothing more Little negress carrying a regain ile compadrazgo ..."
2. Los Gringos: Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in by Henry Augustus Wise (1849)
"... and I unequivocally assured the stout driver, that if ho did not lash the
beasts upon tho first signs of danger, he should go halves with his compadres ..."
3. The Man who Likes Mexico: The Spirited Chronicle of Adventurous Wanderings by Owen Wallace Gillpatrick (1912)
"Meantime the compadres sat idly bemoaning their lot. ... Then the compadres fell
off and went to planting corn and beans again and some went to other ..."
4. Wandering Sketches of People and Things in South America, Polynesia by William Maxwell Wood (1849)
"Starting for a rancho—The road—The rancho—Don JG—The dwelling—The household
supper—Sam's arrival—Visiting— compadres and comadres—Alvarado—A countryman—Good ..."
5. Los Gringos Or, an Inside View of Mexico and California: With Wandering in by Henry Augustus Wise (1849)
"... expert whip he was— evinced some curiosity to know whether we intended shooting
les compadres—this is polite slang for highwaymen—in ease of attack. ..."
6. Mexico as I Saw it by Alec-Tweedie (Ethel) (1901)
"Even to-day a twenty-dollar gold coin is given by the compadres to the doctor,
midwife, father, mother and priest. It must be terribly expensive to be a ..."
7. The Maker of Modern Mexico: Seven Times President of Mexico by Alec-Tweedie (Ethel) (1906)
"A godfather is styled padrino, a godmother madrina, and they are compadres to
the child's parents. These compadres become spiritually related to the parents ..."
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