How to Use gaucho in a Sentence
gaucho
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Back in Lori Clark’s day, women wore skirts or gauchos.
—Sarah Smith, star-telegram, 3 Apr. 2018
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If those gauchos haven’t got the baby-back pork ribs, request them.
—Beth Segal, cleveland.com, 1 Aug. 2019
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Argentina, land of the tango, gauchos and good wine, is also emerging as the land of the good deal.
—Nora Walsh, New York Times, 29 June 2017
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For the ideal day-trip, drive inland through gaucho country to the former staging post of Garzón.
—Christopher Bagley, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 June 2018
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His father was a shop owner who later worked as a gaucho.
—Faye Fiore, Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2017
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But we were still destined for a big meal, and with just a turn the ticket on our table, the gauchos began to circle and then descend.
—Anna Caplan, star-telegram, 11 July 2018
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On Thursday, Dudamel presented the full ballet score that follows the day in the life of a gaucho out to prove himself and win his love.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2022
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The sun finally rises, and TJ rides in on a horse dressed like a real gaucho to welcome the players to their final day.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 27 May 2021
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The system has its origins in tradition of the gaucho, the region’s equivalent to the cowboy.
—Katy McLaughlin, WSJ, 25 Sep. 2018
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The gaucho recalled a childhood episode, when a neighbor asked for his help to get several foals across a wide and choppy stream.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2019
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Here, 17 types of meat are roasted on a grill imported from Brazil and served by waiters in gaucho-style attire.
—Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 17 July 2019
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In 1987, the leaders of both countries announced the creation of a common unit of account, called the gaucho, to measure trade between the nations.
—Daniel Carvalho, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2023
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Caregnato says his restaurant, open just four months, is the first-such gaucho-style pizzeria outside of Brazil.
—Anna Caplan, star-telegram, 11 July 2018
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The historic old stone cloisters lent an otherworldly feel to the collection of frothy, spell-binding looks that seemed to merge the tulle of 1900s gowns with styles of the low-slung gaucho.
—Thomas Adamson, The Seattle Times, 2 July 2017
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The last show Steely Dan played was September 20 and all October dates won’t feature the gaucho amigos.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2023
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Martín Tata is a true gaucho who masters the skill of horse taming without aggression, in the Indian way.
—Maita Barrenechea, Town & Country, 5 Oct. 2016
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For those daunted by the prospect of a slog through the fashion skeletons in their closets (circa-2005 gauchos, perhaps?) will send its very own Marlow into the heart of darkness that is your wardrobe.
—Veronique Hyland, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Jan. 2011
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Jara and his family have been puesteros (a type of gaucho) for generations.
—Dan Sadgrove, National Geographic, 6 Apr. 2020
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In Uruguay, where it is made with quince paste, it is called Martin Fierro, after a popular fictional gaucho.
—Bee Wilson, WSJ, 24 Mar. 2022
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A cultural option is the visit to the nearby gaucho town of San Antonio de Areco known for its famed and masterful silversmiths.
—Maita Barrenechea, Town & Country, 5 Oct. 2016
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In the financial district, in a building designed by Sir David Adjaye, the kitchen islands will be made from two rough slabs of stone, one cantilevered over the other — the only things missing are hunks of meat and some Argentine gauchos.
—New York Times, 5 Nov. 2019
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Visitors can embrace the solitude of life as a gaucho, a native horseman that personifies the frontier spirit.
—Janelle Davis, CNN, 9 July 2022
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So, consider the currently available bivalent boosters to be a bit like gaucho pants, hoodie sets, or skinny jeans with chunky sneakers.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2023
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A street fair that showcases gaucho culture, Mataderos is, for now, more crowded with Argentines than visiting foreigners.
—Luke Darby, GQ, 29 July 2017
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The rugged landscape reverberates throughout the local gaucho culture, which celebrates the cowboy way South American style.
—R.t. Watson, WSJ, 22 June 2022
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In 17th-century Argentina, gauchos flaunted their strength and agility through a lightning-quick percussive dance called malambo, often facing off in dance battles to prove their mettle.
—Brian Schaefer, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2020
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Garance was dressed casually but elegantly, sporting gauchos, a denim jacket, grey scarf and bedazzled heels—a gift from Schuman.
—Kristen Bateman, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Mar. 2014
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Rio Grande do Sul is where the hardscrabble gaucho traditions of previous centuries have been transformed and elevated into an identity.
—Tim Carman, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023
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Las Cabrera This independent leather purse and accessory brand started by three sisters may take its inspiration from gaucho culture and the countryside, but the products themselves are highly refined.
—Allie Lazar, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 May 2018
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In his response, Macri invoked an elderly gaucho who recently appeared in a viral video, expressing his worries about Argentina’s current juncture.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2019
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