How to Use vaquero in a Sentence
vaquero
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White cowboys herding longhorn cattle and Latino vaqueros with high-stepping Mexican dancing horses lined up to march through town.
—Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 30 June 2023
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Gutierrez said that the band laughed at some of the memes that joked that Styles would be listening to the group’s set backstage and dancing along in full vaquero gear.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2022
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The boots were custom-made in León, Mexico, a city that is famous for its vaquero boots.
—Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 2 Aug. 2018
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The day also includes a 5K, a free wrangler breakfast and a vaquero cook-off at Market Square.
—Austin Taylor, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Feb. 2022
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The basic design, probably based on Spanish vaquero boots, has been around since the 1800s, and visually at least has changed very little.
—Bob Beacham, Field & Stream, 21 June 2023
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To drive huge herds of cattle to the markets, the Florida cattlemen used whips (an ancient tradition acquired from the vaqueros of Spain).
—Vincent Crampton, OrlandoSentinel.com, 6 May 2018
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Many customers perusing vaquero boots or waiting for a haircut had not heard of the brewing scandal.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2022
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Santa Maria barbecue traces its roots to beef cooked over open fires by Mexican cowboys, or vaqueros, who worked the local ranches in the 19th century.
—Julia Thompson, USA TODAY, 27 June 2019
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My dad was a vaquero, transporting cattle via horse and sleeping outside, occasionally for days at a time.
—Eric Arce, Outside Online, 16 Aug. 2021
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Imagine, say, a quiche made with jalapeños, spinach, queso fresco and cilantro, or that vaquero cowboy steak, sauced with a wine reduction including huitlacoche, the truffle-like corn fungus.
—courant.com, 5 Oct. 2019
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Like the zoo, the Witte has five actors who play a range of characters, including a cowboy, a vaquero, a paleontologist and an archaeologist.
—Deborah Martin, ExpressNews.com, 5 July 2019
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