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Definition of Matadores
1. matadore [n] - See also: matadore
Lexicographical Neighbors of Matadores
Literary usage of Matadores
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Young Folk's Cyclopædia of Games and Sports by John Denison Champlin, Arthur Elmore Bostwick (1890)
"In announcing any bid except a Null bid, the bidder must say how many matadores
he has in unbroken order, beginning with the highest. ..."
2. History of the Buccaneers of America by James Burney (1891)
"The Spaniards denominated their hunters matadores, which in the Spanish language
signifies "killers" or "slaughterers". That the English, French and ..."
3. A search for fortune, autobiography by Hamilton Lindsay- Bucknall (1878)
"... and Sunday races—Fint impressions of a bull-fight—The fight—The maimed horses—The
description continued—matadores—The acme of cruelty reached—The result ..."
4. The Hand-book of Games--: comprising new or carefully revised treatises on by H.G. Bohn (1867)
"I. Three matadores in hearts, king and one diamond, king »nd one spade, ...
Three matadores and three of hearts, king and one small diamond, king and queen ..."
5. The American Hoyle: Or, Gentleman's Hand-book of Games, Containing All the by William Brisbane Dick (1894)
"THE matadores. The four Knaves are called matadores, and are the four highest
... The matadores, or four Knaves, rank as follows: Knave of Clubs is the ..."
6. Diary of an Idle Woman in Spain (1884)
"The matadores. —The Bull.—Poor Horses! —The Picadores.—Death of the Bull.—A
dastardly Sport. FOR Easter week we are to have a bull-fight, and Senor Vico at ..."
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