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Word: pampero (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Usage:

...Captain Nyhoff nervously reminded him that a luckless shot in the gunpowder magazine might blast them all to kingdom-come. Swallowing his professional pride, Marksman Peskin inched closer, then fired. The bullet pinked the beast between the eyes, but miraculously he bounded across the deck, roaring like a pampero. Drawing a bead on the rampaging lion, each guardsman fired. This time he dropped for good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Lion Hunt | 9/4/1939 | See Source »

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