carpancho

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Spanish

Noun

carpancho m (plural carpanchos)

  1. (Cantabria) a large wicker basket, commonly carried on the head
    • 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:
      ¡Si usted la viera cuando entra aquí de noche, con el carpancho tan sucio como su cara, y su cara tan dura como el carpancho, pintada toda con la almagre del mineral, que no parece sino que la han echado de sus cavernas los infiernos!
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