Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun [lowercase] A member of the genus Parra.
- noun The typical genus of Parridæ, having the wing spurred, and naked skin-flaps about the base of the bill; the jacanas: synonymous with Jacana. See cut under
jacana .
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Examples
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Instead of a street, children gather around a tree called a parra (ph).
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Instead of a street, children gather around a tree called a parra (ph).
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The Middle Eastern stuffed grape leaves became tacos de parra, finger-sized and stuffed with seasoned rice and ground lamb.
Immigrant Cooking in Mexico Part 3: The Lebanese of Puebla 2007
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The Middle Eastern stuffed grape leaves became tacos de parra, finger-sized and stuffed with seasoned rice and ground lamb.
Immigrant Cooking in Mexico Part 3: The Lebanese of Puebla 2007
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¡Buena Suerte parra los dos, y tengo fe que todo va quedar bien!
Choosing Mexico 2006
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September 25, 2008 at 7:01 am kittehs luk lyke a parra slipperz frum de doller store, de nawt kwite de saim size & dey doan kwite match but hay! deys onnlee a doller!
We getz along great - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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If you take away the (33)votes for no-endorsement (which also beatout parra-nada with his 14 votes), Councilman Jose Huizar had over 90% of the vote (144).
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NADINA ZYLSTRA, "SESAME STREET" PRODUCER: It's a rue in France, a parra in Bangladesh, a galley (ph) in India.
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NADINA ZYLSTRA, "SESAME STREET" PRODUCER: It's a rue in France, a parra in Bangladesh, a galley (ph) in India.
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Or perhaps it refers to a curved knife for harvesting grapes (parra = cultivated grapevine) or doubtfully caper (alcaparra).
Machetes y guaparras 2002
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