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Definition of Gringos
1. gringo [n] - See also: gringo
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gringos
Literary usage of Gringos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Stories of California by Ella M. Sexton (1902)
"When I was a girl, California was a Mexican republic," said the Senora, " and
Los gringos, as we called the Americans, came in ships from Boston. ..."
2. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by George Edwin Rines, Frederick Converse Beach by George Edwin Rines, Frederick Converse Beach (1912)
"Under the pseudonym of "Harry Gringo," he wrote 'Los gringos; or, An Interior
View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia' ..."
3. R.H.D.: Appreciations of Richard Harding Davis (1917)
"... Zanzibar," "Three gringos in Venezuela," "The King's Jackal," "Hanson's Folly,"
and his other books, he got his structure and his color at first hand. ..."
4. South America by Antonio Carlo Napoleone Gallenga (1881)
"... Immigrants and their Influence—Great Numbers of Italians—Dislike of the Natives
for gringos or Aliens—Rapid Absorption, especially of the Italians, ..."
5. The Century Book of the American Colonies: The Story of the Pilgrimage of a by Elbridge Streeter Brooks (1900)
"... American Colony — All about the Crab-Fight — Picturesque Old Days — Why the
Adelantados Gave Way to the gringos— Uncle Touts New Scheme. a sunlit corner ..."
6. Annual List of New and Important Books Added to the Public Library of the ...by Boston Public Library by Boston Public Library (1898)
"Three gringos in Venezuela and Central America. NY, 1896. Illus. Maps. Morris,
Ira Nelson. ... gringos ..."
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