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Thread #7295 Message #2776194
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
29-Nov-09 - 02:47 PM
Thread Name: Origins: I Ride An Old Paint
Subject: RE: Origins: I Ride An Old Paint
Vaquero/Cowboy Lingo is now chapter 11 in Chavez y Gilbert; the material has been revised.
honda from Spanish hondo, cowboy term for "the hole or slip ring end of the rope used to catch the animal." Cowboys - Vaqueros In Spanish, hondo is a deep place like a deep arroyo.