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‖ pinto, a. and n. orig. S. Western U.S.|ˈpɪntəʊ|
[Sp. pinto painted, mottled:—late L. *pinctus for pictus, pa. pple. of pingĕre to paint.]
A. adj.
1. Of a horse, etc.: Mottled, piebald. Also in Comb., as pinto-coloured adj.
1865B. Harte in Californian 15 Apr. 4/1 The devil in the shape of a fleet pinto colt. 1885B. Harte Maruja iii, It was you, Pereo, who took me before you on your pinto horse. 1902R. Connor Sky Pilot ix, A most beautiful pinto pony. 1936D. McCowan Animals Canad. Rockies xvi. 141 An Indian boy on a pinto pony had chased him to cover. 1966H. Marriott Cariboo Cowboy iii. 39, I had two saddle horses... One was a pinto-coloured gelding.
2. pinto bean, the mottled seed of a variety of the kidney bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, which is widely cultivated in the southwestern United States and Central America; also, the plant itself. Also ellipt.
1916‘B. M. Bower’ Phantom Herd iii. 46 A girl gave me a handful of pinto beans. 1924W. M. Raine Troubled Waters xxvii. 269 Pinto beans..were no sooner out and stacked than the men were hard at it putting in winter wheat. 1941J. A. & A. Lomax Our Singing Country iii. vi. 292 When you get through, you've not got a cent To buy fat-back meat, pinto beans. 1942[see Lima b]. 1963Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 29 Dec. (1970) 26 There were beans (pinto beans, always), delicious barbecued spare ribs. 1969New Yorker 17 May 115/1 (Advt.), Subsisting day after day on a few greens around noon..and some pinto beans in the evening. 1973Black Panther 5 May 7/2 Existence has become a diet of pinto beans and rice. 1977New Yorker 20 June 49/1 From a supplier in Seattle he orders hundred-pound sacks of corn, pinto beans, unground wheat.
B. n. A piebald horse.
1902R. Connor Sky Pilot ix, She sprung upon her pinto and set off down the trail. |