Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
rebozo .
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Examples
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We looked like poor Mexicans, dirty, and in torn clothing, my hair down my back and a reboso on my head.
Murder in Mexico: an English family during the Revolution 2006
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We looked like poor Mexicans, dirty, and in torn clothing, my hair down my back and a reboso on my head.
Murder in Mexico: an English family during the Revolution 2006
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We looked like poor Mexicans, dirty, and in torn clothing, my hair down my back and a reboso on my head.
Murder in Mexico: an English family during the Revolution 2006
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They often wear dark-blue cottons, and about their heads they drape a cotton shawl or reboso, so that only the upper half of the face shows.
Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891 Various
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Their skins were dark, sallow, and shrivelled; and their costume, a loose gown and _reboso_, were made of very common materials.
What I Saw in California Edwin Bryant
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"Now's my chance!" she said; and throwing a white reboso coquettishly over her head, she slipped around the corner of the house.
Ramona 1921
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No scarlet blanket covers them, but a blue _reboso_, or shawl, which is generally placed over the head in lieu of a hat.
Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development Martin [Editor] Hume 1919
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The _reboso_, or shawl, is a useful article of clothing of the women of this class.
Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development Martin [Editor] Hume 1919
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Guanajuato is rather old-fashioned and he wears the high class, native costume, and when Lupe is at home here, she always wears a _reboso_ instead of a hat.
Jane Journeys On Ruth Comfort Mitchell 1918
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Lupe, her face shrouded in her _reboso_, leans over and whispers.
Jane Journeys On Ruth Comfort Mitchell 1918
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