Lexicographical Neighbors of Queridas
Literary usage of Queridas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Supremacy: The Rise and Progress of the Latin American Republics by George Washington Crichfield (1908)
"Usually the real wife knows all about the facts in the case, and oftener than
otherwise she is on friendly terms with her husband's queridas, ..."
2. Roaming Through the West Indies by Harry Alverson Franck (1920)
"Even the " Washington of Porto Rico," who is pointed out as the model man of the
island, always kept two or three queridas, and lost none of his high ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1905)
"These poor creatures are virtually sold or given in exchange for a loan to pass
their youth as queridas (kept-mistresses). As this transfer of human chattel ..."
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