Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name, in many countries settled by the Spanish, of tough-stemmed undershrubs used for making temporary brooms for sweeping the floor or ground about a house, especially of species of Sida and plants resembling them.
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December 24th, 2008 at 5:30 am escoba spade play card game downloads says:
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But not for floors - only the escoba works for floors.
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MSI Wind U100 Pink ande sobre la nieve suave en mi camino regreso; sacudiendo la nieve lejos de mi coche con una escoba.
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10 «Yo soy el caid _Hassan-ben-Jussef_, siervo de Alah, aunque malamente he sido llamado D. Rodrigo de Acuña por los sucesores de los perros cristianos que, haciéndoles fuerza y violando solemnes capitulaciones, bautizaron con una escoba, a guisa de hisopo, a mis infortunados ascendientes y a otros muchos islamitas
Novelas Cortas Pedro Antonio de Alarc��n 1862
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