单词 | puntillero |
释义 | puntilleron. The bullfighter who administers the coup de grâce to the bull with the puntilla. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting or baiting animals > bullfighting or bullfight > [noun] > bullfighter > assistant or attendant chulo1797 puntillero1851 monosabio1897 capeador1909 mono1924 mozo1926 1851 Internat. Mag. Lit., Art, & Sci. Dec. 636/1 Then entered a man dressed like a chulo, with a dagger called a puntilla, and which gave to its owner the designation of a puntillero, and struck it in the neck of the prostrate animal, which immediately expired. 1880 Denton (Maryland) Jrnl. 30 June The puntillero, dressed in black, springs forward and forces a lance in the brain. 1923 W. J. Locke Moordius & Co. x. 144 An indistinguished member of the quadrilla, dignified by the sonorous title of puntillero, knelt down and with a poignard gave him [sc. the bull] the coup de grâce. 1970 A. Fowles Dupe Negative xi. 152 On his faraway face had been the look a bull has the instant the puntillero strikes home. 1996 Miami Herald (Nexis) 9 Feb. 17 g Justino..is being forced to retire from his job as a puntillero. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1851 |
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