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Word: cagancho (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1932-1932
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Hemingway has seen hundreds of bullfights, all the best contemporary matadors, regards himself as an authority. He gives his frank, often violently stated opinion of all of them: the late Maera who killed one of his last bulls with a dislocated wrist, after five tries; the cowardly Cagancho who is wonderful with a bull he trusts, wretched with all others; Rafael El Gallo, famed for his final appearances and for his shamelessness in refusing even to try to kill a bull who looks at him in a way he does not like; the late great Joselito who killed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Ole! Ole! | 9/26/1932 | See Source »

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