Lexicographical Neighbors of Picaras
Literary usage of Picaras
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Literature of Roguery by Frank Wadleigh Chandler (1907)
"She differs from other picaras in preferring adventure to mere roguery, and in
rejecting amorous intrigue as a means for securing advancement. ..."
2. The Literature of Roguery by Frank Wadleigh Chandler (1907)
"She differs from other picaras in preferring adventure to mere roguery, and in
rejecting amorous intrigue as a means for securing advancement. ..."
3. The Leading Facts of New Mexican History by Ralph Emerson Twitchell (1917)
"... and picaras and in little less than a quarter of a league came an Indian of
the said spies sent by said Capi Naranjo to notify me that the enemy was ..."
4. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by George William Cox (1866)
"picaras. The name of a fanatical and immoral sect of Christians who sprang up in
Bohemia in the fifteenth century. They derived their name from Picard, ..."
5. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1852)
"... as the whole country swarmed with thieves and guerilla deserters, I knew not
what picaras might be lurking in tin- old gypsum quarries near the Cedrón. ..."
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