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Definition of Tortillas
1. tortilla [n] - See also: tortilla
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tortillas
Literary usage of Tortillas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Guatemala: The Land of the Quetzal by William Tufts Brigham (1887)
"A woman who cannot make good tortillas is in Guatemala not deemed fit to assume
the duties of housekeeping ; and yet there are few M.kine ..."
2. Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan by John Lloyd Stephens (1841)
"—Beautiful Scene.—Crossing the River.—The Luxury of Water.—Primitive Costumes.—How
to make tortillas. ..."
3. Our Next-door Neighbor: A Winter in Mexico by Gilbert Haven (1875)
"CACTUS, AND WOMAN KNEADING tortillas. Now comes barrenness of barrenness. ...
I watch the men gamble for cents, and the women make tortillas. ..."
4. Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest by Katharine Berry Judson (1912)
"COYOTE AND THE tortillas Pima (Arizona) ONCE upon a time, a river rose very high
and spread all over the land. An Indian woman was going along the trail by ..."
5. Central America, the West Indies and South America by Henry Walter Bates, Augustus Henry Keane (1885)
"Mexican Children—Food—The tortillas. But everything is done in a quiet, listless
sort of way. ... As national dishes the tortillas and frijoles are largely ..."
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