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Definition of Bacalao
1. codfish [n -LAOS] - See also: codfish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bacalao
Literary usage of Bacalao
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Theory and Practice of Commerce and Maritime Affairs by Gerónimo de Uztáriz (1751)
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which the trade of the Eng- from the Jale of bacalao, and other fait ..."
2. Pan-Pacific Cook Book: Savory Bits from the World's Fare by Linie Loyall McLaren (1915)
"bacalao—MEXICAN Fry a clove of garlic in a quarter of a cup of olive oil, skim
out and add a quarter of a pound of peeled potatoes, sliced. ..."
3. Twenty-five Years in the Rifle Brigade by William Surtees (1833)
"Speaking of the latter, which is called by them bacalao, an officer of ours who
kept a journal, when describing this place, says, " The natives catch a ..."
4. Cabot's Discovery of North America by George Edward Weare (1897)
"... too' (he adds), ' perhaps with a reference to ' baculus,' the Spanish '
bacalao,' Basque ... When an etymology seems so simple as that of bacalao ..."
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