Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A handheld stone or roller for grinding corn or other grains on a metate.
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- noun A
rolling pin -like stone, used to grind maize or other grain on ametate .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Now Mitchell Kapor, the Foundation's president, and Michael Godwin, its chief attorney, were confronting federal law enforcement * mano a mano* for the first time ever.
The Hacker Crackdown Sterling, Bruce 1992
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I had to tell stories of my strange country, of the things called cities, large villages without a river through them, so big that they held _tini tini tini tini mano mano mano mano_ people, with single houses in which more people worked than there were in all the islands.
White Shadows in the South Seas Frederick O'Brien 1900
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Rather than prioritizing education, job training, and economic development in at-risk communities as part of gang prevention programs, many Central American governments have initiated what they call mano dura or "iron fist" policies to combat gangs.
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Rather than prioritizing education, job training, and economic development in at-risk communities as part of gang prevention programs, many Central American governments have initiated what they call mano dura or "iron fist" policies to combat gangs.
The NarcoSphere - Kristin Bricker 2008
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Blue Demon takes on assorted bad guys in mano a mano lucha libre combat.
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"It's time to roll up our sleeves and face this issue mano a-- whatever the Spanish word for mano is."
Stephen Colbert comes face to face with angry conservatives Dana Milbank 2010
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I watch the movies and enjoy the music ... if they want to talk politics or religion, I'm in ... mano-a-mano.
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I watch the movies and enjoy the music ... if they want to talk politics or religion, I'm in ... mano-a-mano.
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Estar a la mano is used when describing something that is physically close like a convenience store or a hospital.
Speaking Spanish like a Native by Brad Kim and Erika Dominguez 2006
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Estar a la mano is used when describing something that is physically close like a convenience store or a hospital.
Speaking Spanish like a Native by Brad Kim and Erika Dominguez 2006
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