Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A long blanketlike shawl, often brightly colored and fringed at the ends, worn especially by Mexican men.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Mexican shawl or wrap for men, often of gay colors, worn by Spanish Americans.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A blanket or shawl worn as an outer garment by the Spanish Americans, as in Mexico.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
blanket as worn as acloak by Spanish-Americans
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a long brightly colored shawl; worn mainly by Mexican men
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The image, which sprang entirely from his mind's eye, was of an old man in serape, seated on the street.
The landscape art and gallery of Enrique Velázquez, Ajijic. 2007
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The image, which sprang entirely from his mind's eye, was of an old man in serape, seated on the street.
The landscape art and gallery of Enrique Velázquez, Ajijic. 2007
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The image, which sprang entirely from his mind's eye, was of an old man in serape, seated on the street.
The landscape art and gallery of Enrique Velázquez, Ajijic. 2007
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The image, which sprang entirely from his mind's eye, was of an old man in serape, seated on the street.
The landscape art and gallery of Enrique Velázquez, Ajijic. 2007
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"No cooking this morning, I suppose," remarked Steve, when Murray shook him out of the nice nap he had snatched, wrapped in his "serape," or
The Talking Leaves An Indian Story William Osborn Stoddard 1880
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He was dressed in full ranchero costume, with its rich broidery and trappings; and instead of the usual "serape," he wore a purple _manga_ -- a more graceful, as well as costlier garment.
The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico Mayne Reid 1850
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The bagged ice helped to numb the pain, but leaked all over my Donna Karan serape.
I Was Don Ho's Ho Robert Vaughan 2011
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As dawn came, he politely excused himself, rolled in his serape on the dirty floor and fell immediately asleep.
The Zapata interview 2009
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As dawn came, he politely excused himself, rolled in his serape on the dirty floor and fell immediately asleep.
The Zapata interview 2009
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The bagged ice helped to numb the pain, but leaked all over my Donna Karan serape.
I Was Don Ho's Ho Robert Vaughan 2011
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