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This barber was well-armed, too, owning several guns (una escopeta y un arcabus) and a sword.
Pestilence and Headcolds: Encountering Illness in Colonial Mexico 2008
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Thus then we set out, ourlong-legged guard striding ahead, with his escopeta on his shoulder, Manuel and Mateo on each side of the tartana, and the old invalids behind.
The Alhambra 2002
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Thus then we set out, ourlong-legged guard striding ahead, with his escopeta on his shoulder, Manuel and Mateo on each side of the tartana, and the old invalids behind.
The Alhambra 2002
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I remember those few days chiefly by having lost my pants, and run up against a tigre, armed with an escopeta of the common "trade" variety, a shot-gun which had once had two barrels.
Head Hunters of the Amazon: Seven Years of Exploration and Adventure 1923
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One of them, a very old man, with a long lance which he carried across his saddlebow, and an old rusty bell-mouthed escopeta, attached himself particularly to me, riding by my side, and pointing out the bad points-the mal puntos -- whence the
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At one side of the living-room was a wide, open fireplace, and here, above the mantel-shelf, hung the old Mexican _escopeta_, or cavalry musket, which Dan intended to take along on his expedition to the spot where Ralph had brought down the deer.
For the Liberty of Texas Edward Stratemeyer 1896
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_Parrón_ se apeó muy despacio, descolgó su escopeta de dos cañones, y, apuntando a sus camaradas, dijo:
Novelas Cortas Pedro Antonio de Alarc��n 1862
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Cojo la escopeta; rompo el hielo que obstruye la entrada de esta gruta, y salgo ....
Novelas Cortas Pedro Antonio de Alarc��n 1862
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¡Siquiera [112-2] esos crueles me han dejado una escopeta ... «_por si quería_ [112-3] _suicidarme
Novelas Cortas Pedro Antonio de Alarc��n 1862
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This last exclamation was intended to point out to Pepe that his suggestion, even though a wise one, could not have been carried out, as the horseman was not going to pass within range of either rifle or escopeta.
The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico Mayne Reid 1850
illogicaljoker commented on the word escopeta
Spanish for "shotgun."
June 10, 2009
Gammerstang commented on the word escopeta
Shotgun
September 10, 2017