Word: matador
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...Barnaby Conrad-Matador...
Steadman, who jousted daily on the Editorial page of last Year's News, claims it is "a piece of red serge used by the matador for passes and to distract the bull at the kill...
...believe Mr. Burgheim has put his foot in his mouth when he refers to "the swarthy Segura (who) resembled a matador burying his muleta." One doesn't burry muletas any more than one buries baseball bats. They are wooden props used to hold the cape with one hand so as to distract the bull while one kills him with a sword held in the other hand. --Larry Wilde...
...while their games differed, the four powerfully built athletes were alike in proving their sport far more savage and grueling than the proberbial "tennis anyone?" line would suggest. Each had the Killer-Instinct at the net, and when volleying, the swarthy Segura resembled a matador burying his muleta...
...other example came from Caracas, Venezuela. Trying to make up for a lackluster performance with his first bull of the afternoon, Spain's top matador, Luis Miguel Dominguín (TIME, Dec. 22), worked his second with contemptuous skill. Then, as Dominguín casually seated himself on the estribo (the wooden ridge running around the inside of the barrier wall), the bull caught the matador in the thigh, spun him to the ground...