Word: estocada
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...voice boomed out the cow's pedigree: "ZangwilPs Bijou Lass, the daughter of Throaty Contralto by that great sire Glittering Generalization." The bidding stopped at $320. "Before I could extricate myself," writes Sidney Joseph Perelman, "the auctioneer had brought me to my knees and was administering the estocada. In vain I pleaded that I had merely been clearing my throat, that I lived in a hotel for business girls where no cattle were permitted...
...eviction of a teenage boy who leaped the arena fence and had beginner's luck passing José Maria's small (250 kilos) but tough bull. During this interruption José Maria stepped aside, then came back to capture the crowd with his kill-an estocada in which his glittering sword pierced the bull cleanly from shoulder through belly...
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