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The fact that "pito" is Spanish for part of the male anatomy was not lost on anyone on the Iberian peninsula.
It's Always Something With Balotelli Gabriele Marcotti 2011
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Three men traveling through the village have stopped to cool themselves and drink some of the local brew, called "pito."
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He pointed out a rock-woodpecker, which he called a "pito" (_Colaptes rupicola_), that was fluttering about and flying from rock to rock.
The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon Mayne Reid 1850
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He pointed out a rock-woodpecker, which he called a "pito" (_Colaptes rupicola_), that was fluttering about and flying from rock to rock.
Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850
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The "pito" is a small, brown, speckled bird, with yellow belly, and there were great numbers of them flying about.
Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850
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The "pito" is a small, brown, speckled bird, with yellow belly, and there were great numbers of them flying about.
The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon Mayne Reid 1850
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Arguments routinely started over pito , Spanish for whistle, but a vulgarity in Puerto Rico.
Talking Basketball, in Spanish, Is Definitely No Slam Dunk Joel Millman 2011
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Arguments routinely started over pito , Spanish for whistle, but a vulgarity in Puerto Rico.
Talking Basketball, in Spanish, Is Definitely No Slam Dunk Joel Millman 2011
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Comfort moved to a shabby room in a compound where she could brew and serve pito, charging the equivalent of a few pennies for a smooth calabash bowl of the yeasty liquid.
Spellbound Karen Palmer 2010
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Finally, ten months after he drank the pito, the doctors suggested he go to Kumasi for surgery.
Spellbound Karen Palmer 2010
chained_bear commented on the word pito
"'From there one can sometimes see a band of vicuñas, and quite often too the small fluttering rock-creeper we call a pito...'"
--O'Brian, The Wine-Dark Sea, 183
March 14, 2008
fbharjo commented on the word pito
a whistle and/or wail
August 17, 2012