Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bronze or copper ring designed to be inserted in the septum of a bull's nose, and used to lead and control the animal by means of a wooden handle having a snap-hook at the end.
- noun The main part of the piston in an engine; the spider of the piston.
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Examples
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His hair drapes over the entire top half of his face, and a studded bull-ring is embedded in the bridge of his nose.
Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011
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His eyes were sparkling, and they were only for the bull-ring.
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While I always admired the dark instrumental passage of the original, which felt a lot like Joy Division and the modern rock progeny they inspired, Foxy Shazam's breakdown-slash-build-up isn't as Goth -- instead, it just builds like a bull-ring showdown, slyly throwing in Wagner's "Thus Spake Zarathustra" aka the theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Michael Vazquez: Huffington Post Exclusive Music World Premiere: On The Twentieth Anniversary Of Nevermind, SPIN Curates A Tribute Album (Audio) Michael Vazquez 2011
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His hair drapes over the entire top half of his face, and a studded bull-ring is embedded in the bridge of his nose.
Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011
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Our researches took us to Homeboy Industries, the gang intervention program begun by the legendary Father Gregory Boyle, S.J.; the I.C.E. detention center in Santa Ana; Ramona Gardens, the Boyle Heights project that's home to the Big Hazard gang; and Pico Rivera, the bull-ring in Whittier where the charros, Mexican cowboys, keep their culture alive.
Chris Weitz: A Better Life: A Way To Talk About Immigration Chris Weitz 2011
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While I always admired the dark instrumental passage of the original, which felt a lot like Joy Division and the modern rock progeny they inspired, Foxy Shazam's breakdown-slash-build-up isn't as Goth -- instead, it just builds like a bull-ring showdown, slyly throwing in Wagner's "Thus Spake Zarathustra" aka the theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Michael Vazquez: Huffington Post Exclusive Music World Premiere: On The Twentieth Anniversary Of Nevermind, SPIN Curates A Tribute Album (Audio) Michael Vazquez 2011
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Our researches took us to Homeboy Industries, the gang intervention program begun by the legendary Father Gregory Boyle, S.J.; the I.C.E. detention center in Santa Ana; Ramona Gardens, the Boyle Heights project that's home to the Big Hazard gang; and Pico Rivera, the bull-ring in Whittier where the charros, Mexican cowboys, keep their culture alive.
Chris Weitz: A Better Life: A Way To Talk About Immigration Chris Weitz 2011
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Our researches took us to Homeboy Industries, the gang intervention program begun by the legendary Father Gregory Boyle, S.J.; the I.C.E. detention center in Santa Ana; Ramona Gardens, the Boyle Heights project that's home to the Big Hazard gang; and Pico Rivera, the bull-ring in Whittier where the charros, Mexican cowboys, keep their culture alive.
Chris Weitz: A Better Life: A Way To Talk About Immigration Chris Weitz 2011
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His hair drapes over the entire top half of his face, and a studded bull-ring is embedded in the bridge of his nose.
Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011
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Our researches took us to Homeboy Industries, the gang intervention program begun by the legendary Father Gregory Boyle, S.J.; the I.C.E. detention center in Santa Ana; Ramona Gardens, the Boyle Heights project that's home to the Big Hazard gang; and Pico Rivera, the bull-ring in Whittier where the charros, Mexican cowboys, keep their culture alive.
Chris Weitz: A Better Life: A Way To Talk About Immigration Chris Weitz 2011
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