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Definition of Padrones
1. padrone [n] - See also: padrone
Lexicographical Neighbors of Padrones
Literary usage of Padrones
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Immigrant: An Asset and a Liability by Frederic Jennings Haskin (1913)
"This peculiar situation led the new immigrants to call their employers, " padrones,"
just as in Italy the wife usually called her lord and master her ..."
2. Child Labor in City Streets by Edward Nicholas Clopper (1912)
"The saloon keeper has his instructions from the padrones and acts as their ...
padrones who operate in places distant from ports of entry easily avoid ..."
3. Public Hygiene by Thomas Stewart Blair (1911)
"The Greek padrones have practically monopolized the business of ... The boys are
required to turn over to the padrones all tips collected by them, ..."
4. The Beginnings of San Francisco: From the Expedition of Anza, 1774, to the by Zoeth Skinner Eldredge (1912)
"A channel was opened between the Alamo and the Rio padrones in an effort to divert
the flood through the Rio padrones, Volcano lake, and Hardy's Colorado to ..."
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